Problema Solution
There are a group of chickens and elephants standing together. Someone counted 30 heads and70 feets. If each chicken had 2 legs and each ellephant had 4 legs (just to let you know the elephants had not stomped on the chickens yet...), how many of each were there?
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Let
x = the number of chickens
y = the number of elephants
x + y = 30
2x + 4y = 70
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x = 25 chickens
y = 5 elephants
There were 25 chickens and 5 elephants.