SOLUTION: Mr.sparrow was terrified when he opened his door and saw 88 legs scurrying across the floor. he quickly counted and noticed that there were a total of 12 spiders and cockroaches. h
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Question 1024558: Mr.sparrow was terrified when he opened his door and saw 88 legs scurrying across the floor. he quickly counted and noticed that there were a total of 12 spiders and cockroaches. how many spider and cockroaches were there. Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the number of spiders and cockroaches, s and c. Then we write
8s + 6c = 88
s + c = 12
Now multiply the bottom one by 8 and subtract it...we get
8s + 6c = 88
-(8s + 8c = 96)
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-2c = -8
c = 4 cockroaches
s = 8 spiders
