Jason is tired of the neighborhood animals raiding his trash. He pepper-sprays some raccoons and 6 times as many squirrels. If he pepper-sprays 84 animals total, how many raccoons does he pepper-spray?
Let's be accurate as possible. Think before you answer.
12
Let r be the number of raccoons Jason pepper - sprays and s be the number of squirrels.

We know that r + s = 84 and s = 6r.

Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get r + 6r = 84.

Combining like terms, we get 7r = 84.

Dividing both sides by 7, we get r = 12.

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Final answer: 12