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3-41.
At the annual dog show, Chantel noticed that there were three more Scotties than Schnauzers. She also realized that the number of Wirehaired Terriers was five less than twice the number of Schnauzers. If there were
Try organizing your work in a table. Test some values to help decide what your equation should be.
Schnauzers | Scotties | Terriers | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Using your table, write algebraic expressions for the number of each dog. Using that information, write an equation and solve.