SOLUTION: Write and solve an equation to answer the question:
A shelter has 29 more cats than dogs. There are a total of 163 cats and dogs in the shelter. Find the number of cats and the
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Question 730342: Write and solve an equation to answer the question:
A shelter has 29 more cats than dogs. There are a total of 163 cats and dogs in the shelter. Find the number of cats and the number of dogs.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of dogs. Then 
is the number of cats and then there are two ways to represent the number of cats and dogs, either 163 or 
, so:
Solve for , then calculate
John
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