Question

A problem states: "There are 2 more horses than cows in a field. There are 16 animals in the field in all. How many horses are there in the field?" Let h represent the number of horses. Which equation represents the situation?

Answer 1

The answer is 2h-2. I hope this helps

Answer 2

Let

h--------> number of horses

c--------> number of cows

we know that

$h+c=16$ --------> equation $1$

$h=c+2$ --------> equation $2$

substitute equation $2$ in equation $1$

$(c+2)+c=16$

$2c+2=16$

$2c=16-2$

$c=7$

Find the value of h

$h=c+2$

$h=7+2$

$h=9$

therefore

the answer is

There are $9\ horses$ and $7\ cows$