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You volunteer at an animal shelter on the weekends and today is adoption day! At the beginning of the event, you start with 44
44
cats/kittens.
x
number of cats/kittens get adopted. But then, at the end of the day, someone drops off twice as many new cats/kittens as were adopted. You now have 50
50
cats/kittens.
How many

cats/kittens were adopted.

Respuesta :

absor201

6 cats/kittens were adopted.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Number of cats/kittens at the event = 44

Number of cats/kittens adopted = x

Number of cats/kittens returned = Twice returned as adopted = 2x

New total = 50

We will subtract the adopted and add the returned cats/kittens.

Total cats/kittens at event - adopted + returned = New total

[tex]44-x+2x=50\\44+x=50\\x=50-44\\x=6[/tex]

6 cats/kittens were adopted.

Keywords: expression, variables

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