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Farmer John looks out onto his farm and counts 16 heads. The only animals are cows and chicken. He then counts 42 legs in all. How many of each animal does farmer John have?
13 years ago

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Reiny
number of cows --- x
number of chickesn ---- 16-x

4x + 2(16-x) = 42

solve for x
13 years ago
Andrew
x = 5
11 years ago
ARIEL
I don't know could you please help me
7 years ago

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