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? HELP!!!!!!!!

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ash2326 · Answer

Let the no. of humans be x and no. of horses be y so
We have 74 head altogether
$$x+y=74$$
Do you agree with this?

anonymous · Answer

yes

ash2326 · Answer

How many legs does a human have?
What about horse?

anonymous · Answer

Let's assume that HM = Human and 
                           HR = Horse
HM + HR = 74 
2HM + 4HR = 196 
(2HM + 4HR) - (2 HM + 2HR) = 196 - 148 
2HR = 48 
HR = 24 
HM + (24) = 74 
HM = 74 - 24 
HM = 50

So, the solution is 24 horses and 50 humans.

anonymous · Answer

thanks dude

ash2326 · Answer

cool :)