An animal shelter spends $1.00 per day to care for each cat and $4.50 per day to care for each dog. emily noticed that the shelter spent $136.50 caring for cats and dogs on wednesday. emily found a record showing that there were a total of 49 cats and dogs on wednesday. how many cats were at the shelter on wednesday?

There are 24 cats  at the shelter on Wednesday.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Cost of an animal shelter per day to care for each cat =$1.00

Cost of an animal shelter per day to care for each dog = $4.50

Let number of cats be c

Let number of dogs be d

According to question,

We will use "Substitution Method ",

Put in the second equation :

so, Number of dogs = 25

and

Hence, Number of cats is 24.

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