An animal shelter spends $2.00 per day to care for each bird and $6.00 per day to care for each cat. Maya noticed that the shelter spent $70.00 caring for birds and cats on Thursday. Maya found a record showing that there were a total of 27 birds and cats on Thursday. How many birds were at the shelter on Thursday ?

there were 23 birds and 4 cats

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of birds at the shelter on Thursday.

Let y represent the number of cats at the shelter on Thursday.

Maya found a record showing that there were a total of 27 birds and cats on Thursday. This means that

x + y = 27

An animal shelter spends $2.00 per day to care for each bird and $6.00 per day to care for each cat. Maya noticed that the shelter spent $70.00 caring for birds and cats on Thursday. This means that

2x + 6y = 70 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

Substituting x = 27 - y into equation 1, it becomes

2(27 - y) + 6y = 70

54 - 2y + 6y = 70

- 2y + 6y = 70 - 54

4y = 16

y = 16/4

y = 4

x = 27 - y = 27 - 4

x = 23

answer 1 : option "c"

answer 2 : option "d"

answer 3 : option "b"

answer 4 : option "d"

answer 5 : option "b"

answer 6 : option "a"

answer 7 : option "c"

answer 8 : option "d"

answer 9 : option "c"

answer 10 : option "d"

answer 11 : option "c"

answer 12 option "b"

answer 13 option "c"

answer 14 option "c"

answer 15 option "d"

answer 16 option "a"

answer 17 option "b"

answer 18 option "c"

answer 19 option "a"

answer 20 option "a"

answer 21 option "c"

d