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Answer: 13 cats were at the shelter on Thursday.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the number of cats that were at the shelter on Thursday.
Let y represent the number of dogs that were at the shelter on Thursday.
Camden found a record showing that there were a total of 30 cats and dogs on Thursday. This means that
x + y = 30
The animal shelter spends $2.50 per day to care for each cat and $4.00 per day to care for each dog. Camden noticed that the shelter spent $100.50 caring for cats and dogs on Thursday. This means that
2.5x + 4y = 100.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Substituting x = 30 - y into equation 1, it becomes
2.5(30 - y) + 4y = 100.5
75 - 2.5y + 4y = 100.5
- 2.5y + 4y = 100.5 - 75
1.5y = 25.5
y = 25.5/1.5
y = 17
x = 30 - y = 30 - 17
x = 13
I'm assuming that you are talking about sequences <3
In the context of a recursive formula where we have "n-1" in sub-index of "a", you can think of "a" as the previous term in the sequence. In the context of an explicit formula like "-5+2(n-1)" "n-1" represents how many times we need to add 2 to the first term to get the nth term.
Dw if you don't understand, sequences and functions isn't an easy topic
F(x)=2x-5
j(x)=f(x)+3=2x-5+3=2x-2
j(x)=2x-2