A certain number of horses qnd equal number of men are gaoing somewhere. Half of owners are on their horses back while the remaining ones are walking along leading their horses. If number of legs walking on road is 70 how many horses were there??
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no of horses=x
no of men=y
no of men walking=y/2
no of legs of horses on road=4x
no of legs of men on road=2y/2
Given that
x=y
4x+2y/2=70
4x+2x/2=70
(8x+2x)/2=70
10x/2=70
x=(70*2)/10
=140/10
=14
Therefore,
no of horses=14
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