Question

One day, a person went to a horse racing area. Instead of counting the number of humans and horses, he counted 74 heads and 196 legs. How many humans and horses were there????​

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer would be 60 to humans and 12 horses

Answer 2

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Horses have 4 legs and Humans have 2 legs

number of heads:76

number of legs:196

let there be x humans and y horses

$x + y = 74$

$x = 74 - y$

and

$2x + 4y = 196$

putting the value of x

$2(74 - y) + 4y = 196$

$148 + 2y = 196$

$2y = 48$

$y = 24$

putting the value of y in first equation,

$x + y = 74$

$x = 74 - 24$

$x = 50$

hence,

number of horses=24

number of humans=50

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