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A drove of sheep and chickens have a total of 99 heads and feet. There are twice as many chickens as sheep. How many of each are there?

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c=2s;
3c+5s=99;
c=18;
s=9;
12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(20) No(12)

Let S be the number of sheep and C be the number of chickens.
Therfore
2S = C
5S + 3C = 99

(because Sheep has one head and four leg(1+4=5) while chickens have 1 head+2 leg(1+2=3))

After solving above two equation we get S=9, C=18.
10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(13) No(2)
let chicken be x and sheep be y
x=2y (given)
3x+5y=99 (chicken has two legs and one head i.e 3 likewise sheep=5
y=9
x=18
7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
9 sheep and 18 chicken
5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)

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