farmer fran has 47 barnyard animals,consisting of only chickens and sheep . if these animals have 138 legs , how many of each ty

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olga_2 [115]

3 years ago

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farmer fran has 47 barnyard animals,consisting of only chickens and sheep . if these animals have 138 legs , how many of each ty

pe of animals are there?

Mathematics

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Zarrin [17] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-04T09:36:34+03:00

Zarrin [17]3 years ago

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<span>47 X 4 = 188. That is 50 too many legs. 50/2=25. If you take away 25 sheep and add 25 chicken you have the correct number of legs. There are 25 chicken and 22 sheep.

Hope this helps.</span>

BARSIC [14] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-04T07:37:44+03:00

BARSIC [14]3 years ago

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Just use the equations x + y= 47 and 2x + 4y=138 to solve