Question

There are 22 animals in the barn. Some are geese and some are goats. There are 82 legs in all. How many of each animal are there? Please answer

Answer 1

Let the number of geese be x.

Then number of goats is 22-x.

A goose has 2 legs, and a goat has 4.

There are a total of 82 legs.

So,

2x + 4(22-x) = 82

2x + 88 - 4x = 82

-2x = -6

x = 3

There are 3 geese and (22-3=) 19 goats.

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