The was to solve this problem is to get the letter, in this problem z by itself. so you would move 14.5 to the other side of the equal sign by subtracting. so the answer would be a = -9.1
Step-by-step explanation: He has 10 pets overall. He has 41 dollars, 41 divided by 10 is equal to 4.1; convert that to dollars by making it a fractions of hundreths and add a $.
