Question

If the shelter has 5 times as many cars as dogs if the shelter has a total of the 18 Dogs and cats how many dogs does the shelter have

Answer 1

Answer:

No. of dogs = 15

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of cats be x and the number of dogs be y. The shelter has 5 times as many cats as dogs.

It means, y = 5x ...(1)

Total no of cats and dogs are 18. So,

x+y = 18 ...(1)

Put equation (1) in (2),

x+5x = 18

6x=18

x = 3

No. of cats = 3

Put the value of x in equation (1).

y = 5(3)

y = 15

Hence, there are 15 dogs in the shelter.