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  • 19-10-2016
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A barn contains cows and chickens. There are 18 heads and 50 legs altogether. How many cows are there in a barn?

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tizzel tizzel
  • 19-10-2016
68 cows are in the barn
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  • 19-10-2016
You will need to set up s system of equations for this problem. You know there are 18 animals so Let x=cow and y= chick x + y = 18 Thenconsider the number of legs each has and the total number of legs. 4x + 2y = 50 Solving the system you get 11 chickens and 7 cows
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