Question

since my uncles farmyard appears to be overrun with dogs and chickens. i asked him how many of each he had. he responded that his dogs and chickens had a total of 148 legs and 60 heads. how many dogs and chickens are there on my uncles farm?

Answer 1

There are 14 dogs and 46 chickens on your uncle's farm.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, we can set up a system of equations. Let x be the number of dogs and y be the number of chickens on your uncle's farm.

The number of legs equation can be written as: 4x + 2y = 148 (since dogs have 4 legs and chickens have 2 legs).

The number of heads equation can be written as: x + y = 60 (since both dogs and chickens have 1 head).

We can solve this system of equations by substitution or elimination. Let's use elimination:

Multiplying the second equation by 2, we get 2x + 2y = 120.

Subtracting the new equation from the first equation, we can eliminate the 2y term: (4x + 2y) - (2x + 2y) = 148 - 120. Simplifying, we have 2x = 28.

Dividing both sides of the equation by 2, we find that x = 14. Substituting this value back into the second equation, we find that 14 + y = 60. Solving for y, we get y = 46.

Therefore, there are 14 dogs and 46 chickens on your uncle's farm.

Answer 2

Assuming that all the animals are dogs, the number of legs there are would be 240.
60*4=240 legs
240-148=92 legs
All the 92 legs belong to the chickens, so there are 46 chickens.
Since there are 46 chickens,
60-46=14 dogs