document.write( "Question 1099515: A farm has a certain number of chickens and sheep. It is known that the number of chicken legs is 8 times as the number of sheep legs. If there are N sheep what is the expression of the total number of chickens? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "If C is the number of chicken, then 2C is the number of their legs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If N is the number of sheep, then 4N is the number of their legs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2C = 8(4N).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then C =  = 16N.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The number of chicken C = 16N,  or 16 times the number of sheep.\r\n" );
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