john has horses and chickens he has 3 less chickens than horses, if you count the total number of legs for chickens and horses you will get 24 how many chickens does john have?

Question

answer pls and show how did you get it thanks

Answer 1

2c + 4(c+3) = 24

Answer 2

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Answer 3

is the solution like this?
2c+4c+12=24
6c=24-12
6c=12
c=12/6
c=2

Did I get it right steve?

Answer 4

Let's see if that answer works.

With 2 chickens, there must be 5 horses.

2 * 2 = 4 legs
5 * 4 = 20 legs

4 + 20 = 24 legs

Yep! Your answer is right!

Answer 5

Thank you. By the way I posted another question and posted my wrong answer can you please help me with that. Aprreciate it.

Answer 6

Hello Ms Sue, this is the problem that I mentioned a while ago. Please help. Thanks

Question : granny georgette and kiwi have a combined age of 77 if kiwi is 13 years less than twice granny georgette age how old is kiwi.

Answer 7

See my response above.

Answer 8

thanks