SOLUTION: A farm has a certain number of chickens and sheep. It is known that the number of chicken legs is 8 times as the number of sheep legs. If there are N sheep what is the expression o

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Question 1099515: A farm has a certain number of chickens and sheep. It is known that the number of chicken legs is 8 times as the number of sheep legs. If there are N sheep what is the expression of the total number of chickens?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
N sheep
4N sheep legs
8*4N chicken legs
32N chicken legs



chickens
Answer by ikleyn(52834)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If C is the number of chicken, then 2C is the number of their legs.


If N is the number of sheep, then 4N is the number of their legs.


The problem says that 


2C = 8(4N).


Then C =  = 16N.


Answer.  The number of chicken C = 16N,  or 16 times the number of sheep.


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