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

humans have two legs
horses have four legs
but humans and horses only have one head

Answer 2

total of legs 196
let n=#humans
let m=#horses

Answer 3

n(2)+m(4)=196

Answer 4

but n+m=74

Answer 5

rearrange for n
n=74-m

Answer 6

ok thanks man :D

Answer 7

o u know what to do from there?

Answer 8

yeah

Answer 9

the first few steps are the hardest