A human has 1 head and 2 legs.
A horse has 1 head and 4 legs.
Let's make two equations from what we know.
There were a total of 74 heads.
There were a total of 196 legs.
Let's call humans 'x' and horses 'y'
The total number of heads were 74.
Humans have 1 head, and so do horses.
Our first equation is:
x + y = 74
There were a total of 196 legs.
Humans have 2 legs, and horses have 4 legs.
Our second equation is:
2x + 4y = 196
Our two equations are:
x + y = 74
2x + 4y = 196
We need to solve this system of equations to find out how many humans and horses were at this racing event.
Multiply the first equation by 2.
2(x + y) = 2(74)
2x + 2y = 148
Our two equations are:
2x + 2y = 148
2x + 4y = 196
Subtract the first equation from the second equation.
2x - 2x + 2y - 4y = 148 - 196
2y - 4y = 148 - 196
-2y = - 48
Divide both sides by -2
y = 24
That means that there were 24 horses.
We can plug back in y = 24 into our first equation to find out how many humans there were.
x + y = 74
x + 24 = 74
x + 24 - 24 = 74 - 24
x = 50
There were 50 humans.
At the horse racing event, there were 24 horses and 50 humans.
Your final answer is B. 24 horses and 50 humans.
Franny: 2.849 tons is the answer
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Which ordered pairs are in the solution set of the system of linear inequalities?
y > Negative one-halfx
y < One-halfx + 1
On a coordinate plane, 2 straight lines are shown. The first solid line has a negative slope and goes through (0, 0) and (4, negative 2). Everything above the line is shaded. The second dashed line has a positive slope and goes through (negative 2, 0) and (2, 2). Everything below the line is shaded.
(5, –2), (3, 1), (–4, 2)
(5, –2), (3, –1), (4, –3)
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(5, –2), (–3, 1), (4, 2)
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer: I am not to sure but I believe that the correct answer is 21
Step-by-step explanation: I believe this is the correct answer because on the number line the numbers generally follow a sequenced order beginning with the lowest number and increasing towards larger numbers. The lowest number in this question is 21 and in the American systems we read left to right causing the number line to begin with the lowest number from the left and going to the right. The order would be 21, 48, 53, 64, 95.
