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document.write( "A farmer has 30 animals. One day he decided to count all the legs. He counted a total of 74 legs. How many chickens and goats does he have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with 22 chickens and 8 goats. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #317738 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=317738\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has 30 animals. One day he decided to count all the legs. He counted a total of 74 legs. How many chickens and goats does he have? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I came up with 22 chickens and 8 goats. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Animal Equation: c + g = 30 animals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Legs Equation:  2c +4g = 74 legs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide thru the legs equation by 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c + g = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c + 2g = 37<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract the top equation from the bottom to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g  = 7 (# of goats)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"c\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c + 7 = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 23 (# of chickens)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Checking:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23 chickens have 46 legs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 goats have 28 legs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total legs = 74<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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