Question

Mary has twice as many dogs as David has cats and josh has enough animal collars to give a collar to one third of the dogs or to give a collar to all the cats except one. How many collars does josh have?

Answer 1

D = 2C
J = 1/3D
J = C - 1

J = 1/3D
J = 1/3(2C)
J = 2/3C

2/3C = C - 1
2/3C - 3/3C = -1
-1/3C = -1
C = -1 * -3
C = 3...there are 3 cats

J = C - 1
J = 3 - 1
J = 2.....there are 2 collars