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Boarding Kennel Problem In a boarding kennel, dogs number 12 more than 2 times the number of cats. If there are 75 animals, how many cats are boarded?
Step 1: Read the problem carefully. Decide what question you are being asked to answer.

Which question is being asked?

A. How many dogs are boarded?

B.How many of each are boarded?

C.How many cats are boarded? ​

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Answer:

  C.How many cats are boarded? ​

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer to the Step 1 question is found in the last sentence of the problem statement:

"If there are 75 animals, how many cats are boarded?"

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Additional comment

If we let c represent the number of cats boarded, then the number of dogs is 2c+12, and the total number of animals is ...

  c +(2c +12) = 75

  3c = 63 . . . . . . . . . subtract 12

  c = 21 . . . . . . . . . divide by 3

21 cats are boarded. (54 dogs are boarded)

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