One day, a person went to a horse racing area. Instead of counting the number of humans an horses, he conuted 74 heads and 196 legs. How many humans and horses were there?

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ihihih · Answer

74 humans and 49 horses plz answer my question

ihihih · Answer

$$196\div4=49$$

Vocaloid · Answer

Previous solution is incorrect because it assumes all the heads belong to humans not horses and all the legs belong to horses

Let x = number of humans
y = number of horses

Set up an equation for heads

x + y = 74

And then for legs

2x + 4y = 196

Solve the system using elimination/substitution/graphing