document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170294>Question 1170294</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> jose's farm has 35 ducks and goat. when jose counts the feet of his farm animals all in all it is 106. how many dusks does he have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If a formal algebraic solution is not required, here is a quick and easy way to get the solution to a problem like this.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) If all 35 animals were ducks, the number of feet would be 35*2 = 70.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) The actual total number of feet is 106, which is 36 more than 70.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) Each goat has 2 more feet than each duck.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) The number of goats needed to get the additional 36 feet is 36/2 = 18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5) Since the number of goats is 18, the number of ducks is 35-18 = 17.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And of course you could do the same kind of solution starting by knowing that if all 35 animals were goats the number of feet would be 35*4 = 140.<br><BR>\n" );
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