SOLUTION: A rancher has $50,000 worth of llamas and horses. Each llama is worth $1,000 and each horse is worth $2,000. If the total number of llamas and horses is 43, how many of each anim

Question 111941: A rancher has $50,000 worth of llamas and horses. Each llama is worth $1,000 and each horse is worth $2,000. If the total number of llamas and horses is 43, how many of each animal does the rancher have?
Answer by WhizKid(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I kind of like this kind of problem.
Let's start solving!
Let's say that x = the no. of horses.
So,

The number of horses is 7.
And,
So, the number of llamas is 36.
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-WhizKid
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