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Question

In one apartement building, people have a total of 16 dog, cats and bird. There are 8 dogs and three times as many cats and birds. How many cats are in the building?

Answer 1

1. 16-8=8

2. cats: k x 3

     birds: k

3. (k x 3)+k=8

        3k   +k=8

               4k=8

                  k=2

4. dogs: 8

     cats: 6

     birds: 2

Answer 2

5 paintings 3 more sculptures than mosaics 16 pieces in all

Answer 3

curt has 12 models in all. three of the models are airplanes. curt has 5 more models of cars than boats. how many models of cars does curt have?

Answer 4

I have know clue

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Answer 5

Dogs:8 cats:6 birds:2

Answer 6

My answer is nothing. I did not understand the question, is there a total of 16 or are there 16 cats? It did not make sense! My daughter did not even understand this question. Since she has a test tomorrow. Please update this with correct thinking. Thank you

Answer 7

Marissa earned $480 in the summer. If she earned $40 a week, hom many weeks did she work?

Answer 8

sue has 8 packs of baseballcards and 3 fewer packs of hockey cards than football cards 17 packs in all

Answer 9

Sine there are 8 dogs the remaining 8 must be cats and birds. Since there are 3 times as many cats as birds we divide 4 into 8 to get 2 to give us 2 birds and 6 cats.