SOLUTION: Dexter has 36 pets.He has 3 times as many fish as mice and half as many cats as mice.How many of each pet does Dexter have?
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Question 926891: Dexter has 36 pets.He has 3 times as many fish as mice and half as many cats as mice.How many of each pet does Dexter have?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of mice
fish + cats + mice = 36
|Multiplying thru by 2 so as all denominators = 1
6x + x + 2x = 72
9x = 72
x = 8, the number of mice. 24 fish and 4 cats
And...checking
Sum = 36
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