Question

at a certain time in a zoo, the number of heads and the number of legs of tigers and peacocks were counted and it was found that there were 47 heads and 152 legs, find the number of tigers and peacocks in the zoo

Answer 1

Answer: tigers = 29 ; peacocks=18

Step-by-step explanation: let the no of tigers be X

total no of tiger legs = 4x

no. of peacocks be y

total no of peacocks legs = 2y

total heads ==> x + y =47__(1)

total legs==> 4x + 2y = 152__(2)

solving (1) and (2)

(1)*2- (2)*2

we get x=29 and y=18