SOLUTION: the girls soccer team held an animal wash if the charged $6 for every cat and $10 for each dog and washed 68 animals in all and made $402 how much did they wash of each animal

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Question 1152944: the girls soccer team held an animal wash if the charged $6 for every cat and $10 for each dog and washed 68 animals in all and made $402 how much did they wash of each animal

Found 4 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, greenestamps, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
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how much did they wash of each animal
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CHANGE TO:
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..., how many of each animal did they wash?
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c Cats
d Dogs

(recheck the rest of the problem description.)

Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source):
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the girls soccer team held an animal wash if the charged $6 for every cat and $10 for each dog
and washed 68 animals in all and made $402 how much did they wash of each animal
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As the problem is worded, printed, posted and presented, it HAS NO SOLUTION in positive integer numbers.

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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source):
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68 cats at $6 each is already more then $402; the problem as shown is faulty.

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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how much did they wash of each animal
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Probably 90% or more of each animal.