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OpenStudy (anonymous):

There are 30 legs in my backyard, but I'm counting dogs and kids. How many kids and dogs are in my backyard?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

30 legs in the backyard? heheh do they have a body attached to them? or are they just wondering off?

OpenStudy (mathmate):

First we know that 4D+2K=30 How many living beings of the animal kingdom are in the backyard?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

wandering rather heheh

OpenStudy (mathmate):

@jdoe0001 your question is cute, and out of the box! :)

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

the wording is just quite irregular

OpenStudy (mathmate):

indeed!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Refer to the attached plot. The x axis is the number of dog (s). The y axis is the number of kids. For example, 3 dogs and 9 kids are required to yield 30 legs.

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