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12 September, 18:26

A cat and dog shelter houses 23 animals there are 5 more cats x than dogs y. Write and solve a system of linear equations to find the numbers of cats and dogs in the shelter.

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  1. 12 September, 19:37
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    Round 23 to 24 and half it (12) since its rounded up minus 3 (minus 2 if rounded down) = 9

    12 + 2 = 14

    9 dogs

    14 cats
  2. 12 September, 22:18
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    23=y+x+5 The number of animals in the shelter = dogs + cats + 5.

    18=y+x
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