Question

There are 15 animals in a barn. These animals are horses and chickens. There are 44 legs in all. Write a system of equations that represents the situation and find out how many animals were horses and how many were chickens?

Answer 1

7 horses and 8 chickens

Explanation:

To solve this, first you would need to list out all of the available ratios. Then, find out how many legs are in each option.:

14 horses and 1 chicken = 58 legs

13 horses and 2 chickens = 56 legs

12 horses and 3 chickens = etc.

11 horses and 4 chickens

10 horses and 5 chickens

9 horses and 6 chickens

8 horses and 7 chickens

7 horses and 8 chickens = 44 legs!

6 horses and 9 chickens

5 horses and 10 chickens

4 horses and 11 chickens

3 horses and 12 chickens

2 horses and 13 chickens

1 horses and 14 chickens