SOLUTION: Since my unle's farmyard appeared to be overrun with chickens and dogs, I asked him how many of each he had. Being a puzzler a s well as a farmer, my uncle replied that his dogs an

SOLUTION: Since my unle's farmyard appeared to be overrun with chickens and dogs, I asked him how many of each he had. Being a puzzler a s well as a farmer, my uncle replied that his dogs an

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Question 546129: Since my unle's farmyard appeared to be overrun with chickens and dogs, I asked him how many of each he had. Being a puzzler a s well as a farmer, my uncle replied that his dogs and chickens had a total of 148 legs and 60 heads. How many chickens does my uncle have?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d + c = 60

4d + 2c = 148
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