document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=970891>Question 970891</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As you can probably tell, I am doing substitution word problems. My word problem said, \"A farmer raises chickens and pigs and has a total of 15 animals. If they have a total of 42 legs, how many chickens and how many pigs are there?\" I thought you could just divide 15 and 42 but the answer was...2.8? I didn't think that that would be a likely answer, but I don't know what else to try! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2.8 what?  chickens or pigs?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C + P = 15  (# of animals)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2C + 4P = 42  (# of legs)<BR>\n" );
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