Question

Ryan earns $5 for each small dog he walks and $8 for each large dog he walks. Today he walked 8 dogs and made a total of $55. How many small dogs did Ryan walk?
Ryan walked _____ small dogs.

Answer 1

If Ryan walked 8 dogs total, this can be represented by x+y=8. If he earns $5 for small dogs and $8 for large dogs, and made $55 total, then we can represent this with 5x+8x=55. By solving this system of equations, we know Ryan must have walked 3 small dogs.

Answer 2

Ryan has walked 11 dogs if they ware all small because:  55÷5=11 hope this helps you :) ^u^