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There is an animal farm where chickens and cows live. All together, there are 95 heads and 220 legs. How many chickens and cows are there on the farm?

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The answer is 95 I think I might be wrong lol
User Koti Tummala
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Answer:

Let c be the number of cows and h the number of chickens (hens). There are 65 heads so

c + h = 65.

Each cow has 4 legs, each hen has 2 legs and there are 226 legs in total so

4c + 2h = 226.

Multiply both sides of the first equation by 2 and subtract it from the second equation to get

2c = 96 and thus c = 48.

From the first equation it then follows that h = 65 - 48 = 17.

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sorry if its wrong

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