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Q. A small farm has sheep and chickens. There are twice as many chickens as sheep, and there are 104 legs between the sheep and the chickens. How many chickens are there?

Jun 2, 2016

c = 2s
2c+4s=104
now solve for c

Jun 2, 2016

c=26

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