Respuesta :
The difference in the number of fluffy kitten friends than sleek kitten
friends, peaches and billy has includes billy and excludes peaches.
- Peaches has 9 more fluffy kitten friends than sleek kitten friends.
Reasons:
The question parameters are;
The types of kittens in the liter = Fluffy kittens and sleek kittens
Billy's type of cat = Fluffy kitten
Peaches type = Sleek kitten
The relationship between the cats in the litter = Friends
The number fluffy friends billy has = 7 more than sleek kitten friends
Required:
The number of more fluffy friends than sleek friends, the peaches has.
Solution:
Let x represent the number fluffy kittens in the litter, and let y represent
the number of sleek kittens.
- The number of fluffy friends billy has = 7 + y
Billy is a fluffy kitten which gives;
- Number of fluffy kittens in the litter = 7 + y + 1 = 8 + y
Therefore;
There are 8 more fluffy kitten than sleek kittens
Peaches is a sleek kitten, therefore;
- Number of fluffy kitten friends peaches has excluding herself = 8 + y
- Number of sleek kitten friends peaches has = y - 1
The difference in the number of peaches kitten friends is therefore;
- Number of fluffy (8 + y) - Number of sleek (y - 1) = 9
- 8 + y - (y - 1) = 9
Which gives;
- The number of fluffy friends than sleek kitten friends peaches has = 9
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