SOLUTION: There are 72 legs of which there are cats and men so how many cats and men are there?
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Question 1094524: There are 72 legs of which there are cats and men so how many cats and men are there?
Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See the lesson
- Problem on animals at a farm
in this site with similar problem solved and explained.
To get the unique solution, the number of the legs and the number of the heads should be given.
Otherwise the solution is not unique.
With your input data the solution is not unique.
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