SOLUTION: In a farm. there are 78 more chickens than cows. Ke chi Morisato finds that the total number of legs of the animals is 300. How many cows and how many chickens are there in the far

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Question 811972: In a farm. there are 78 more chickens than cows. Ke chi Morisato finds that the total number of legs of the animals is 300. How many cows and how many chickens are there in the farm?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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4w+2n=300,
n=w+78
chicken n = 102, cow w = 24