Item 5 an animal shelter that only cares for cats and dogs has 8 fewer dogs than cats. the animal shelter has 12 dogs. use the five-step problem-solving plan. how many cats are at the animal shelter? enter your answer in the box.

There are 20 cats

Step-by-step explanation:

if there are 8 fewer dogs than cats, that means that Cats - 8 = Dogs.

Or

Dogs + 8 = Cats.

12 + 8 = 20.

There are 20 cats

you can first factor out the n to get n(1+5). we know that 1+5 is 6, so we just have 6n.