SOLUTION: A group of goats and ducks have a total of 99 heads and legs among them. There are twice as many ducks as there are goats. How many are there of each?
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: A group of goats and ducks have a total of 99 heads and legs among them. There are twice as many ducks as there are goats. How many are there of each?
This question is from textbook Harcourt Math
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g = number of goats
d = number of ducks
Each goat has 1 head and 4 legs, so there are 5g heads and legs supplied by the goats.
Each duck has 1 head and 2 legs, so there are 3d heads and legs supplied by the ducks
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We also know that there are twice as many ducks as goats, so
Substituting:
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, so there are 9 goats. This means that there are ducks.
Check:
9 goat heads
4 * 9 = 36 goat legs
18 duck heads
2 * 18 = 36 duck legs
9 + 36 + 18 + 36 = 99, Check!
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