SOLUTION: Tops went to his grandfather’s farm. His grandfather has cows and ducks on his farm. He asked him how many ducks and how many cows his farm has. He told him that his animals has

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Question 1172022: Tops went to his grandfather’s farm. His grandfather has cows and ducks on his farm. He asked him how many ducks and how many cows his farm has. He told him that his animals has 50 heads and 140 legs and from that information he could calculate the number of ducks and cows. If you were Tops, how would you solve the problem?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c cows
d ducks

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system%28c%2Bd=50%2C2c%2Bd=70%29------you can solve in your head from here easily.
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