SOLUTION: a farm has pigs and turkeys, in total there are 58 heads and 168 paws. how many pigs and turkeys are there?

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Question 969835: a farm has pigs and turkeys, in total there are 58 heads and 168 paws. how many pigs and turkeys are there?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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p pigs, t turkeys.
Neither have paws. Pigs have hooves.

Taking hooves as the same as paws,
system%28p%2Bt=58%2Cp=168%2F4%29

p=42, through very direct computation.
t=58-42
t=16

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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a farm has pigs and turkeys, in total there are 58 heads and 168 paws. how many pigs and turkeys are there?
I take it "paws" mean legs

Number of pigs: highlight_green%2826%29

Number of turkeys: highlight_green%2832%29