One day, a person went to horse racing area, Instead of counting the number of human and horses, he instead counted 74 heads and 196 legs. Yet he knew the number of humans and horses there. How did he do it, and how many humans and horses are there?

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anonymous · Answer

Let's assume every human has one head and two legs
And every horse, one head and four legs

anonymous · Answer

Solve
74=Hu+Ho
196=2Hu+4Ho
in Hu and Ho

anonymous · Answer

So, What do I write as my answer?

anonymous · Answer

Hu=50, Ho=24

anonymous · Answer

OMG! Thank You! That was quick 2!... You should be a legend on here!

anonymous · Answer

Do not waste a wonderful opportunity to point out that the initial assumption is quite stringent ;-)

anonymous · Answer

A single one-legged man (or horse) and you're screwed...

anonymous · Answer

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