A farmer has chickens and pigs on a farm. The farmer counted 22 heads and 56 feet on all the animals. How many chickens and pigs

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3 years ago

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does the farmer have?

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miskamm [114] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-06T09:17:32+03:00

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Answer: 16 chickens, 6 Pigs

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Toal heads=22

Total feet=56

Suppose there are x chickens and y pigs

each animal possess a single head

$\therefore\ x+y=22\quad \ldots(i)$

Chicken has 2 legs and pig has 4 legs

So, $2x+4y=56\quad \ldots(ii)$

Solving (i) and (ii) we get

x=16 and y=6

So, farmer has 16 chickens and 6 pigs