Answer: old McDonald has 54 chickens and 2 cows.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the number of chickens that old McDonald have.
Let y represent the number of cows that old McDonald have.
He counted 56 heads. A chicken and a cow has one head each. It means that
x + y = 56
He counted 116 legs. A chicken has 2 legs and a cow has 4 legs. It means that
2x + 4y = 116 - - - - - - - - -1
Substituting x = 56 - y into equation 1, it becomes
2(56 - y) + 4y = 116
112 - 2y + 4y = 116
- 2y + 4y = 116 - 112
2y = 4
y = 4/2 = 2
x = 56 - y = 56 - 2
x = 54
5/12=10/24 and 7/8= 21/24, add those and you will get 31/24 subtract 31 from24 and get 7 your new fraction is 1 7/24 that is 5/12 + 7/8 in simplest form
Assuming your question can be rewritten as:
"What number is 10% greater than 7,962"
7962 * 110% = itself + 10%
= 7962 * 1.10 <----- (1.10 = 110%)
= 8758.2
