Sally runs an animal rescue company that allows families to adopt homeless pets.Last month, 23

Question

of the adopted animals were dogs, 14
of were cats, and the rest were rabbits. Which number represents the part of the adoptions that were rabbits?

Answer 1

To find out how many of the adopted animals were rabbits, we first need to determine the total number of adopted animals. We can do this by adding the number of dogs and cats together.

Number of dogs: 23
Number of cats: 14

Total adoptions (dogs + cats + rabbits) = Number of dogs + Number of cats + Number of rabbits

Let \( R \) represent the number of rabbits. Therefore, we can write the equation:

\( R = \text{Total adoptions} - \text{Number of dogs} - \text{Number of cats} \)

Assuming no other information is provided about the total adoptions, we will calculate \( R \) with the known numbers. We don't have the total number yet, so let's assume it is \( T \):

1. Total number of adoptions = Total (T)
2. Total dogs = 23
3. Total cats = 14

So,

Total (T) = 23 + 14 + R
T = 37 + R

Without additional data, please provide the total number of adoptions \( T \) to get the number of rabbits adopted \( R \). If the only numbers given are for dogs and cats, and no total is provided, we can only find the number of rabbits in terms of the total adoptions.

Using the assumption that rabbits are the remaining, if the total animals were \( T \), then:

Number of rabbits = \( T - 37 \).

Let me know if you have the total number of adoptions!