SOLUTION: Hi A farmer has chickens and ducks o his farm. If he sells 2 chickens and 3 ducks a day there would be 100 chickens left when all ducks are sold. If he sells 3 chickens and 2 duc

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Question 1201417: Hi
A farmer has chickens and ducks o his farm. If he sells 2 chickens and 3 ducks a day there would be 100 chickens left when all ducks are sold. If he sells 3 chickens and 2 ducks a day there would be 25 chickens left when all ducks are sold. How many of each were on the farm.
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Answer by ikleyn(52767)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See the lesson
    - HOW TO algebraize and solve this problem on 2 equations in 2 unknowns
in this site,  Problem  14.

Your problem is solved there.


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