Question

please help .will give medal . Sue counted the turtles and birds in the pond. She counted 14 heads and 44 leg. How many turtles did Sue count?
A. 4
B. 8
c. 11
D. 22

Answer 1

birds and turtle each have one head

Answer 2

birds have 2 leg and turtle 4

Answer 3

let we have x birds
and y turtle
so head= x+y=14
legs = 2*x +4*y=44

Answer 4

so we cross out d
but then we still have 11 8 and 4

Answer 5

x+y=14.........(1)
2x+4y=44 dividing it by 2
x+2y=22........(2)
now subtract 1 from 2
x+2y=22
x+y=14
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0+y=8
so y=8
that is 8 turtle
x+8=14
x=6 birds

Answer 6

thanks