At a dog show, there is a total of 49 dogs. There are 36 more small dogs than big dogs. How many big dogs are there? How many small dogs are there?
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Answer:
Assuming that the big dogs are x;then the small dogs will be x+36
Hence the total; 49
Thus, x+36+x=49
= 2x =13
x= 13/2
= 6.5
while x +36 = 42.5
But, we cant have half dogs
Therefore, we can either have 7 big dogs and 42 small dogs, or 6 big dogs and 43 small dogs.
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