Faith observed 16 bugs while doing research for her science project. She observed insects and spiders, which had a total of 114 legs. Bearing in mind that insects have 6 legs and spiders have 8 legs, how many insects did she observe?

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Question

Faith observed 16 bugs while doing research for her science project. She observed insects and spiders, which had a total of 114 legs. Bearing in mind that insects have 6 legs and spiders have 8 legs, how many insects did she observe?

7

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10

anonymous · Answer

let s=spiders
let i=insects
i+s=16
6i+8s=114
those are the two equations u will use does that help you out at all