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

humans + horses = 74
2*humans +4*horses = 196

anonymous · Answer

how many of each are there though.

anonymous · Answer

x = Humans

y = Horses

 

x + y = 74 
2x + 4y = 196 
(2x + 4y) - (2x+ 2y) = 196 - 148 
2y = 48 
y = 24 
x + (24) = 74 
x = 74 - 24 
x = 50