SOLUTION: a rancher has some normal cows and horses. one day he observed that his animals has a total of 96 eyes and 38 tails. How many animals of each type does he have?

Question 844151: a rancher has some normal cows and horses. one day he observed that his animals has a total of 96 eyes and 38 tails. How many animals of each type does he have?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 cow = 1 tail
1 cow = 2 eyes
1 horse = 1 tail
1 horse = 2 eyes

The problem you give does not have distinct enough given information. Both the cow and the horse each have one tail and two eyes. Something is wrong. The 38 tails mean that the rancher has 38 animals of any combination of types. This disagrees with the needed number of eyes. Each tail must match two eyes, so 2*38=76, MUST BE 76 eyes; but the given information is 96 eyes.

Recheck your question and post again since what you posted is faulty.
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