There are 28 horses and sheep in a field. There are 6 times as many sheep as horses. Wright and solve a system of linear equations to find the number of horses in a number of sheep

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Esteban Choi

11 March, 22:19

There are 28 horses and sheep in a field. There are 6 times as many sheep as horses. Wright and solve a system of linear equations to find the number of horses in a number of sheep

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Camilla Glenn · Answer 1

Let h be horses

let s be sheep

h + s = 28

6s = h

plug h into eq'n one

(6s) + s = 28

7s = 28

s = 4

plug s into eq'n 2

6 (4) = h

24 = h

therefore there are 24 horses and 4 sheep