SOLUTION: Your teacher tells you there are two kinds of amphibians and salamanders, 44 in all. The chart on the wall says to feed each frog 5 crickets a day and each salamander 3 crickets a

Question 705845: Your teacher tells you there are two kinds of amphibians and salamanders, 44 in all. The chart on the wall says to feed each frog 5 crickets a day and each salamander 3 crickets a day You know that 182 crickets are used in one day. Using substitution, find the number of frogs in the classroom.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
frogs, f.
salamanders, s.

working with first equation, s=44-f. Substitute this s into the crickets equation and solve for f, the number of frogs.
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