Question

My neighbor has both chickens and roosters. He has a total of 31 bords. The number of chickens is ten more than twice the number of roosters. How mant chickens does he have

Answer 1

the neighbor has in total 24 chickens.

Explanation:

Total number of animals = 31

Let the number of roosters = k

Then , the number of chickens he has = 2 k + 10

Now, according to the question:

(k) + ( 2k + 10) = 31

or, 3k = 31 -10

⇒ 3k = 21, or k = 21/3

⇒ k = 7

Hence, the number of roosters he has = k = 7

And the number of chicken he has 2k + 10.

= (2 x 7) + 10

= 24

Hence, the neighbor has total 24 chickens.