An animal shelter spends $2.50 per day to care for each cat and $4.50 per day to care for each dog. Adrian noticed that the shelter spent $126.50 caring for cats and dogs on Thursday. Adrian found a record showing that there were a total of 33 cats and dogs on Thursday. How many cats were at the shelter on Thursday?

11 cats

Step-by-step explanation:

I did trial and error.

I started with 16 cats and 17 dogs, so:

(16x$2.5) + (17x$4.5) = $116.5

The value is too low which means that they spent more money on the expensive side (i.e., dogs).

I ended up with 11 cats and 22 dogs, so:

(11x$2.5) + (22x$4.5) = $126.5

x = -3

y = -18

step-by-step explanation:

to solve by substitution, substitute one variable and solve for the other. then substitute again to find the remaining variable.

x-1/3(3x-9) = -3 since y=3x-9 substittute y.

x-1/3(3x-9)=-3

x + x +3 = -3

2x+3=-3

2x+3-3= -3-3

2x=-6

x=-3

substitute again into y=3x-9

y=3(-3)-9

y=-9-9

y=-18

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