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old Mcdonald has 15 goats and chickens on his farm. the animals combined have a total of 34 legs. assuming there are no physical defects, how many of each animals are on the farm
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document.write( "34 legs amounts to 17 pairs of legs.  All 15 animals have a pair of front legs,\r\n" );
document.write( "so the extra 2 pairs of legs are hind legs so they belong to 2 goats.  So there\r\n" );
document.write( "are 2 goats and 13 chickens. \r\n" );
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