SOLUTION: A farmer has pigs and chickens. He has 24 legs but 7 heads. How many of each animal does he have? I know it's 5 pigs and 2 chickens but I don't know how to set up the problem to
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Question 579801: A farmer has pigs and chickens. He has 24 legs but 7 heads. How many of each animal does he have? I know it's 5 pigs and 2 chickens but I don't know how to set up the problem to solve it.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A farmer has pigs and chickens.
He has 24 legs but 7 heads.
How many of each animal does he have?
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The leg equation
4p + 2c = 24
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The head equation
p + c = 7
