Question

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?

Answer 1

@hartnn @lgbasallote @Compassionate

Answer 2

asked here so many times...i'll let others try.....

Answer 3

@klimenkov

Answer 4

i'll let @hartnn take this one. im interested to see if he really knows

Answer 5

this is pure algebra...2 equations 2 unknowns.........

Answer 6

Do it

Answer 7

algebra is boring. it's much more fun using common sense and logical reasoning

Answer 8

didn't tag me :\

Answer 9

@TheViper

Answer 10

tagged

Answer 11

LOL

Answer 12

@UsukiDoll

Answer 13

First start off by making a system of linear equations:

x + y = z
2x + 4y = 196

Answer 14

x + y = 74

Answer 15

x+y=74
2x+4y=196

Answer 16

horses=24 people=50

Answer 17

^ Correct. Well, question answered.

Answer 18

How did u get these equations

Answer 19

50 and 24 indeed

Answer 20

you can just "calculate" this way

74 heads

so 74 one legs..

then if you add 74 more

148 two legs

so there are at most 148 humans. howerever, 196 - 148 = 48

so there are 48 more legs.

so if you subtract 48 from 148 you get

100 legs <--humans so divide by 2

so there are 50 men

Answer 21

logical reasoning is much more fun than letters

Answer 22

Thanks ALot Lgba :)

Answer 23

Well, I was going to solve it algebraically.

Answer 24

pleasures of hating math

Answer 25

the difference between algebraic and logical is: algebra use x,y,sum,difference
logical only use sum,difference.........

Answer 26

Does Anyone in here know about Fermat's Last Theorem ?

Answer 27

logic requires thinking and manipulation

algebra makes logic easier by using representations

Answer 28

then i would go for algebra....

Answer 29

of course

Answer 30

you're a math lover after all

Answer 31

Haha LoL

Answer 32

*proudly* YES :D