Homework Help: problem solving math

Posted by marissa on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 8:20pm.

In the farm pet club pet show, 44 pets are entered. There are 3 times as many dogs as cats and half as many ferrets as dogs. How many of each are there?

problem solving math - Reiny, Monday, November 30, 2009 at 8:52pm
let the number of cats be c
then the number of dogs is 3c
and the number of ferrets is 3c/2

c + 3c + 3c/2 = 44
multiply be 2
2c + 6c + 3c = 88

I am sure you can finish it from there

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