a local family raises puppies and kittens in their house (humanely, of course) let x represent the number of kittens in the house the number of puppies is 3 times more the total amount of puppies and kitten is 36
Since there are 36 kittens x=36. The number of puppies is 3 times the number of kittens, so basically 3x. This means 36 times 3 which equals 108 puppies.