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

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Free_Kalibri [48] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-14T00:58:14+03:00

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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