document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=353730>Question 353730</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> While on a safari in Africa I saw a small herd of zebras and cranes wandering over the grassland. I counted 18 heads in all and counted 60 legs. How many zebras were there and how many cranes. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can set up 2 equations. Let c represent cranes and z will be zebras.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+z=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2c+4z=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the first by -2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2c-2z=-36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add this to the second equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2z=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go. 12 zebras and 6 cranes. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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