SOLUTION: In a barn there are rabbits and pheasants who have together 100 feet and 36 heads. How many of each animal are there?

SOLUTION: In a barn there are rabbits and pheasants who have together 100 feet and 36 heads. How many of each animal are there?

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Question 348480: In a barn there are rabbits and pheasants who have together 100 feet and 36 heads. How many of each animal are there?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let r=number of rabbits and p=number of pheasants.
r+p=36
4r+2p=100
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p=36-r
4r+2(36-r)=100
4r+72-2r=100
2r=100-72
2r=28
r=14
p=22
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Ed
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