SOLUTION: 36 vehicles are parked in a garden. Some of them were scooters and taxies. The total number of wheels of these vehicles were 100.Find out how many were taxies and scooters.

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Question 376181: 36 vehicles are parked in a garden. Some of them were scooters and taxies. The total number of wheels of these vehicles were 100.Find out how many were taxies and scooters.
Answer by Jk22(389) About Me  (Show Source):
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suppose there were s scooters (2wheels), then there were 36-s taxis(4wheels)

in this configuration, the number of wheels is : 2s+4*(36-s)=72-2s

this should equals 100 : 144-2s=100, 2s=44, s=22 scooters, and 14 taxis.