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There are 23 animals in the barn. Some are chickens some are goats. There are 80 legs in all. How many of each animal is there?

User Muljayan
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There are 17 goats and 6 chickens pretty sure.
User Italo Lemos
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There are 17 goats and 6 chickens

Explaining: (1) C + G = 23

As for legs:

(2) 2C + 4G = 80 (each C has 2 legs and each G has 4 legs)

Solving equation (1): C = 23 - G

Substituting in equation (2)

2(23 - G) + 4G = 80

2G = 34

G = 17

C = 6

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