Question

An animal shelter spends $4.50 per day to care for each bird and $8.50 per day to care for each cat. Wyatt noticed that the shelter spent $221.50 caring for birds and cats on Wednesday. Wyatt found a record showing that there were a total of 35 birds and cats on Wednesday. How many birds were at the shelter on Wednesday?

Answer 1

Answer:

16cats and 19 birds

Step-by-step explanation:

if we say that x is birds and y is cats we can say that:

4.5x+8.5y=221.5 ( the amount birds and cat both need)

y+x =35 (number of cats and cats)

x=35-y

4.5(35-y) +8.5y= 221.5

157.5-4.5y +8.5y =221.5

4y=64

y= 16

16+x=35

x=19