Question

Jasmine walks three dogs after school. She brings dog treats for the dogs. She gives 4 treats to Tucker. Then she splits the remaining treats between Bogey and Murphy, who get 3 treats each. How many treats did Jasmine start with? Solve the problem by working backward, and by writing and solving an equation.

Short answer

Discount per person is $9.

Step-by-step solution

– Given information.

jasmine gave 4 treats to tucker and remaining treat was distributed equally among bogey and murphy.

– Write the equation.

The number of treats distributed among the dogs can calculated as,

$t=4+\left(3+3\right)$

– Solve the equation.

The equation can be solved as in below:

$\begin{array}{l}t=4+\left(3+3\right)\left[\text{addwithinparentheses}\right]\\ t=4+6\left[\text{add}\right]\\ t=10\end{array}$

Therefore, the total number of treats given by jasmine to the dogs are 10 treats.