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SVETLANKA909090 [29]
3 years ago
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One day, a person went to a horse racing area. Instead of counting the number of humans an horses, he conuted 74 heads and 196 l

egs. How many humans and horses were there
Mathematics
1 answer:
DerKrebs [107]3 years ago
7 0
Data:

Humans (x) = 2 Legs
Horses (y) = 4 Legs

74 Heads
196 Legs

Solving:

Addition method

\left \{ {{x + y =74} \atop {2x + 4y =196}} \right.

Simplify by (-4) The first equation

\left \{ {{x + y =74(-4)} \atop {2x + 4y =196}} \right.
\left \{ {{-4x - \diagup\!\!\!\!\!4y =-296} \atop {2x + \diagup\!\!\!\!\!4y =196}} \right.
\left \{ {{-4x =-296} \atop {2y =196}} \right.
-2x = -100.simplify(-1)
2x = 100
x = \frac{100}{2}
\boxed{x = 50}

Now, to find the number of horses, I will use the following equation and I will replace the found value, we will have:

x + y = 74
50+y = 74

Number with incognito are to the left of the equality and numbers without incognito are to the right, remembering that when changing of side changes the signal.

y = 74-50
\boxed{y = 24}

Answer:
Humans = 50
Horses = 24


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