SOLUTION: Harry went to an exhibit in the zoo that only houses camels and ostriches.He saw 60 eyes and 86 feet but can't remember the exact number of each animals that he saw. How many ostri

Question 814372: Harry went to an exhibit in the zoo that only houses camels and ostriches.He saw 60 eyes and 86 feet but can't remember the exact number of each animals that he saw. How many ostriches were there? How many camels were there?
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, TimothyLamb:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60/2=30 animals
c+o=30,
4c+2o=86
c = 13, o = 17
Harry has once again shown himself to be weird. He can remember how many eyes and feet but can't count animals
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c = number of camels
t = number of ostriches
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2t + 2c = 60
2t + 4c = 86
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2t + 2c = 60
2t = 60 - 2c
t = 30 - c
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2t + 4c = 86
2(30 - c) + 4c = 86
60 - 2c + 4c = 86
2c = 26
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c = 13
t = 17
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