Atotal of 69 cats and sheep were on the ranch. if three times the number of cats exceeded the number of sheep by seven, how many of each were on the ranch? write equations before solving.

Problem number 26 of the rhind papyrus says: find a quantity such that when it is added to of itself the result is a 15. the modern day equation that models this problem is x + x = 15. what is the solution to the equation? x = 10 x = 12 x = 15 x = 30