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A farmhouse shelters 10 animals. Some are pigs and some are ducks. Altogether there are 36 legs. How many of each animal are there?

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8 pigs 4 ducks
8x4=32
2x2=4
32+4=36
User Varun Maggo
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there are 8 pigs and 2 ducks. 2 ducks equal 4 legs, and 8 pigs equal 32 legs. Then, you do simple math, so 32 plus 4 is 36 legs!
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