SOLUTION: A rancher has some sheep and ostriches. His young daughter observed that the animals have a total of 60 eyes and 86 feet. How many animals of each type does the rancher have?
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Question 147190: A rancher has some sheep and ostriches. His young daughter observed that the animals have a total of 60 eyes and 86 feet. How many animals of each type does the rancher have? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of sheep
Let = number of ostriches = number of legs that sheep have = number of legs that ostriches have = number of eyes sheep and ostriches together have
Divide both sides by
and
Divide both sides by
Substitute this in the other equation
There are 13 sheep and 17 ostriches
check:
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