An animal shelter spends $2.50 per day to care for each cat and $7.00 per day to care for each dog. Matthew noticed that the shelter spent $82.50 caring for cats and dogs on Friday. Matthew found a record showing that there were a total of 24 cats and dogs on Friday. How many cats were at the shelter on Friday? (DO NOT WANT the answers. Please just set up BOTH equations
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An animal shelter spends $2.50 per day to care for each cat and $7.00 per day to care for each dog. Matthew noticed that the shelter spent $82.50 caring for cats and dogs on Friday. Matthew found a record showing that there were a total of 24 cats and dogs on Friday. How many cats were at the shelter on Friday?
(DO NOT WANT the answers. Please just set up BOTH equations)
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