1 dog and 2 cats..................................
Answer:
-5/8
Step-by-step explanation:
The line goes down 5 for every 8 spaces to the right.
That's not a linear system, but you have an awesome school system for giving you this problem.

Multiply by 6xy to clear the fractions.

That's a second degree equation, also known as a conic. That one happens to be a hyperbola.


Let's clear the fractions from the second equation, multiplying out common denominator xy:


We are being asked to find the meet of two hyperbolas, so we expect two answers, a quadratic equation.
Substituting,





We have to rule out x=0 because it's in the denominator.


Answer: (44/19, 33/20)
Less
4 out of 12 pieces
vs
4 out of 6 pieces