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4 March, 18:11

A farmer raises cows and chickens. The farmer has a total of 25 animals. One day he counts the legs of all of his animals and counts a total of 64 legs.

Let x = number of cows.

Let y = number of chickens.

Which system of equations can be used to solve for the number of cows and the number of chickens on the farm?

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  1. 4 March, 19:36
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    7 cows 18 chickens

    Step-by-step explanation:

    x=cows y=chickens

    Two Equivilant Functions

    25 = x+y

    64=4x+2y

    Isolate

    y=25-x

    Substitute

    64=4x+2 (25-x)

    64 = 4x+50-2x

    14=2x

    x=7

    Substitute

    25=7+y

    y=18
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