An animal shelter spends $3.50 per day to care for each bird and $4.00 per day to care for each cat. Katherine noticed that the
shelter spent $103.50 caring for birds and cats on Friday. Katherine found a record showing that there were a total of 28 birds and cats on Friday. How many birds were at the shelter on Friday?
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Answer:
54 seconds
Step-by-step explanation:
Wanda's walking rate = 3 ft/s
Wanda's head start = 27 s
Dave's walking rate= 4.5 ft/s
Let 't' be time after Dave started walking
The distance walked by Wanda and Dave, respectively, as a function of 't' are given by:
The instant 't' at which Dave catches up to Wanda (both distances walked are equal) is:
Simple....
just divide...
5q=-75
q=-15
Thus, your answer.
just divide...
5q=-75
q=-15
Thus, your answer.