1. 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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1.    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?

anonymous · Answer

x =humans = 1 hd 2 legs
y = horses = 1 hd 4 legs

x + y = 74
2x +4y = 196

anonymous · Answer

with those two equations solve for your variables

anonymous · Answer

24 horses and 50 humans.

anonymous · Answer

2*50  + 4*24
100 + 96
196

so yes you are correct