Question

There are 28 horses and sheep in a field. There are 6 times as many sheep as horses. Wright and solve a system of linear equations to find the number of horses in a number of sheep

Answer 1

let h be horses
let s be sheep

h + s = 28
6s = h

plug h into eq’n one

(6s) + s = 28
7s = 28
s = 4

plug s into eq’n 2

6(4) = h
24 = h

therefore there are 24 horses and 4 sheep