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Answer:
The weight of cat is <u>14 pounds</u> and the weight of kitten is <u>4 pounds</u>.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Callie has a new kitten. It can weigh 3 pounds less than half the weight of Callie‘s cat. Together the cat and kitten weigh 18 pounds.
Now, to find the weight of each animal:
Let the cat's weight be 
And the kitten weight = 
Total weight of cat and kitten = 18 pounds.
Now, to set an equation to get the weight of each animal:




<em>Multiplying both sides by 2 we get:</em>
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<em>Adding both sides by 6 we get:</em>
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<em>Dividing both sides by 3 we get:</em>
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<em>The weight of cat = 14 pounds.</em>
Substituting the value of
to get the kitten's weight:

<em>The kitten's weight = 4 pounds.</em>
Therefore, the weight of cat is 14 pounds and the weight of kitten is 4 pounds.
Answer: Adiya’s method is not correct. To form a perfect square trinomial, the constant must be isolated on one side of the equation. Also, the coefficient of the term with an exponent of 1 on the variable is used to find the constant in the perfect square trinomial. Adiya should first get the 20x term on the same side of the equation as x2. Then she would divide 20 by 2, square it, and add 100 to both sides.