There are a lot of chickens and sheep in uncle Ben`s Farm, but he sadly forget how many he has now. Only thing he remembers, there are 48 heads and 134 legs. Can you tell Ben how many sheep does he have?
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Chickens have 2 legs
Sheeps have 4 legs.
Both have only one head each.
Lets assume:
number of sheeps = S
number of chickens =C
According to the question,
S+C = 48.......(i)
4S+2C=134 => 2S+C = 67......(ii)
Substracting eq. (i) from equation (ii)
S = 19
substituting in (i)
C = 29
Sheeps have 4 legs.
Both have only one head each.
Lets assume:
number of sheeps = S
number of chickens =C
According to the question,
S+C = 48.......(i)
4S+2C=134 => 2S+C = 67......(ii)
Substracting eq. (i) from equation (ii)
S = 19
substituting in (i)
C = 29
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