Dog food costs 9$ per bag and cat food costs 8$ per bag. if billy spent 89$ and purchased 6 bags of dog food, how many bags of c

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docker41 [41]

3 years ago

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Dog food costs 9$ per bag and cat food costs 8$ per bag. if billy spent 89$ and purchased 6 bags of dog food, how many bags of c

at food did he buy?

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REY [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-06T09:02:41+03:00

REY [17]3 years ago

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6 bags of dog food × $9 = 54
$89 total - $54 spent on dog food = $35 spent on cat food

$35 / $8 = 4.375, but you can't have decimals for cat food bags so round down.

= 4 bags of cat food