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How to solve: There are 40 chickens and cows in the farmyard. There are 100 legs in all. How many are cows and how many are chickens

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rachel
chickens = 40/2
cows = 100/4
rachel
sorry!!!

cows=x
chickens=40-x

100=2(x)+4(40-x)
rachel
sorry again!

100=4(x)+2(40-x)

is the right one..
Anonymous
100=4(×)+2(40-×)
Hailey
50/2 = 25+47=72/4=18+36=54 and there is 25 heads and 2 eyes on each animal 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶 😶
Hailey
Just divide 50/2 =25+47=72/4=18+36=54 and that is how you get 25 heads and 2 eyes.

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