SOLUTION: A rabbit breeder has two different types of rabbits: Dutch and Lionhead. The breeder begins with 44 Dutch rabbits and 14 Lionhead rabbits. If the number of Lionhead rabbits increas

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Question 1097344: A rabbit breeder has two different types of rabbits: Dutch and Lionhead. The breeder begins with 44 Dutch rabbits and 14 Lionhead rabbits. If the number of Lionhead rabbits increases by 2 each month and the number of Dutch rabbits decreases by 3 each month, after how many months will the breeder have the same number of rabbits of each type?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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44-3M=14+2M, where D=number of months
30=5M
M=6 months
44-18=14+12=26 rabbits