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

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8 pigs x 4 legs each = 32. so you need 2 ducks to give you 10 animals total. So 32 + 2 ducks with 2 legs = 36.

There are 8 pigs and 2 ducks.
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