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

i assume he counted the horses heads as well as the humans so
74/2=37 humans
196/4= 49 horses, assuming they all have all of their legs

anonymous · Answer

that is wrong because we have to subtract the number of human legs from the horse's legs....hang on

anonymous · Answer

37 humans =74 legs to subtract.
196-74 =122 
122/4=30.5 and that cannot be right
is he including himself?