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Afina-wow [57]
3 years ago
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There are 15 animals in a barn. These animals are horses and chickens. There are 44 legs in all. Write a system of equations tha

t represents the situation and find out how many animals were horses and how many were chickens?
Mathematics
1 answer:
olganol [36]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

7 horses and 8 chickens

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, first you would need to list out all of the available ratios. Then, find out how many legs are in each option.:

14 horses and 1 chicken = 58 legs

13 horses and 2 chickens = 56 legs

12 horses  and 3 chickens = etc.

11 horses and 4 chickens

10 horses and 5 chickens

9 horses and 6 chickens

8 horses and 7 chickens

7 horses and 8 chickens = 44 legs!

6 horses and 9 chickens

5 horses and 10 chickens

4 horses and 11 chickens

3 horses and 12 chickens

2 horses and 13 chickens

1 horses and 14 chickens

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