SOLUTION: Some pigs and horses are waiting or an elevator. Each pig weighs 250 pounds and each horse weighs 300 pounds. There are a total of 7 creatures and since their total weight is 2000,
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Question 393450: Some pigs and horses are waiting or an elevator. Each pig weighs 250 pounds and each horse weighs 300 pounds. There are a total of 7 creatures and since their total weight is 2000, the can all just fit on the elevator. How many of each animal is there?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
300*7=2100 If we remove 2 pigs and add 2 horses we lose 100 lbs
300*5 + 250*2 = 2000
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Ed
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