document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=579801>Question 579801</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has pigs and chickens.  He has 24 legs but 7 heads.  How many of each animal does he have?  I know it's 5 pigs and 2 chickens but I don't know how to set up the problem to solve it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He has 24 legs but 7 heads. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many of each animal does he have? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The leg equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4p + 2c = 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The head equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p + c = 7 </SPAN>\n" );
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