There are 12 animals in a farm.some are cows the rest are chickens.there are 28 animals legs in all.how many cows are there? how many chickens are there ?

Answer 1

cows --- x
chickesn --- y

x+y = 12 **
4x + 2y = 28 or 2x + y = 14 ***

subtract ** from ***
x = 2
then y = 10

2 cows and 10 chicks

Answer 2

2 cows and 10 chikens