Question

There are 19 animals on the farm which contains hens and goats. There are 68 legs in total. How many goats are there on the farm?

Answer 1

Answer: 15 goats

Explanation:

h = hens - they have 2 legs

g = goats - they have 4 legs

The equations would be:

h + g = 19

2h + 4g = 68

To solve this, I personally prefer substitution, we're isolating h since we need to find g:

h + g = 19

h = 19 - g

Now that we have h, we can plug this into the second equation:

2h + 4g = 68

2(19 - g) + 4g = 68

38 - 2g + 4g = 68

2g = 30

g = 15

There are 15 goats.

Adding onto this, 19 - 15 = 4, so there are 4 hens.