Question

There are 24 total chickens and horses in a barn. There are a total of 66 legs. Let e chickens and h horses.

1. What is the value of e + h?
2. How many legs does a horse have?
3. How many legs does a chicken have?

Answer 1

The value of e + h is 24, representing the total number of chickens and horses in the barn. Horses have 4 legs and chickens have 2 legs.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided, e + h equals the total number of chickens and horses in the barn, which is 24. Next, to find out how many legs each animal has, we can set up a system of equations using the known facts: chickens have 2 legs and horses have 4 legs.

The equations would be e + h = 24 (for the total number of animals) and 2e + 4h = 66 (for the total number of legs).

However, we are given that we need to determine the number of legs a horse has. Without doing the calculations, we know that horses generally have 4 legs. For chickens, they typically have 2 legs. So, the value of h would represent the number of horses, each with 4 legs, and e would represent the number of chickens, each with 2 legs.