SOLUTION: Jill has a collection of bugs. Her collection contains butterflies and tarantulas. She has 47 bugs and
counts 320 total legs. (Note: butterflies have 6 legs and tarantulas have 8
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counts 320 total legs. (Note: butterflies have 6 legs and tarantulas have 8
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Question 1171075: Jill has a collection of bugs. Her collection contains butterflies and tarantulas. She has 47 bugs and
counts 320 total legs. (Note: butterflies have 6 legs and tarantulas have 8 legs)
a) Write the system of equations. Answer by Solver92311(821) (Show Source):
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Pick a variable to represent butterflies and pick another to represent the spiders. The sum of these two variables has to be 47, so that gives you one of the equations. Then six times the variable representing the butterflies plus eight times the variable representing the spiders has to equal 320.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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