The pet store has an abundance of birds and fish and is selling them at a great price there are 230 of these pets in the store the cost for a bird is $9 and the cost per fish is $4 the store sold all the pets in a weekend blow out sale and made $1060 how many of the pets were birds and how many were fish? Equation for pets? Equations for cost?

a) How many of the pets were birds and how many were fish?

Number of birds = x = 28

Number of fish = y = 202

b) Equation for pets?

x + y = 230 Equation 1

c) Equations for cost?

9x + 4y = 1060 Equation 2

Step-by-step explanation:

The pet store has an abundance of birds and fish and is selling them at a great price there are 230 of these pets In the store the cost for a bird is $9 and the cost per fish is $4 the store sold all the pets in a weekend blow out sale and made $1060 how many of the pets were birds and how many were fish? Equation for pets? Equations for cost?

Let us represent:

Number of birds = x

Number of fish = y

The pet store has an abundance of birds and fish and is selling them at a great price there are 230 of these pets

x + y = 230 Equation 1

x = 230 - y

In the store the cost for a bird is $9 and the cost per fish is $4 the store sold all the pets in a weekend blow out sale and made $1060

$9 × x + $4 × y = $1060

9x + 4y = 1060 Equation 2

We substitute 230 - y for x

9(230 - y) + 4y = 1060

2070 - 9y + 4y = 1060

Collect like terms

- 9y + 4y = 1060 -2070

-5y = -1010

y = -1010/-5

y = 202

Solving for x

x = 230 - y

x = 230 - 202

x = 28

Therefore,

Number of birds = x = 28

Number of fish = y = 202

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