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.
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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:



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