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There are 40 animals in a farm cows and chickens and the total legs is 100 and the answer is 30 chickens and 10 cows.

Use Guess and Check Method.

No of Cows

No of Chickens

Total number of Legs

Total number of animals

Check

20 × 4 = 80

20 x 2 = 40

120

40

X

15 x 4 = 60

25 x 2 = 50

110

40

X

10 x 4 = 40

30 x 2 = 60

100

40

There are 10 cows and 30 chickens in the farm.

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14y ago

Not one, but two simultaneous equations.

a cows, b chickens.

Number of animals: a+b = 40

Number of legs: 4a+2b = 100

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Q: There is 40 animals in a farm cows and chickens and the total legs is 100 and the answer is 30 chickens and 10 cows I just need someone to create an equation for me with that answer?
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