SOLUTION: A man has some hens and cows. If the number of feet equal 140, the number of
hens will be
a) 22 b) 23 c) 24 d) 26
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Question 201891: A man has some hens and cows. If the number of feet equal 140, the number of
hens will be
a) 22 b) 23 c) 24 d) 26
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let "x" be the number of hens
Also, let "y" be the number of cows
Since a hen has 2 feet and a cow has 4 feet, it follows:
We isolate "x" since we're looking for it (no. of hens).
--->
....it stops here.
We need another eqn to continue. From the look of it, there's a missing data from the problem.
Most likely "the number of hens and cows?" ----> x+y=?, not given.
*Please confirm.
Thank you,
Jojo
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