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  • 22-10-2020
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In a pasture are horses and chickens if there are a total of 28 animals and 80 legs how many chickens and horses

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  • 22-10-2020

Answer:

16 horses and 12 chickens

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PiaDeveau PiaDeveau
  • 22-03-2022

Number of chickens and Number of horses are 16 and 12 respectively.

Number based problem:

Given that:

Total number of heads = 28

Total number of legs = 80

Find:

Number of chickens and horses

Computation:

Assume;

Number of chickens = a

Number of horses = b

So,

a + b = 28 ........ Eq1

2a + 4b = 80 ...... Eq2

From Eq1 and Eq2

b = 12

a = 16

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