How Many Chickens and Goats are in Fenced Barnyard?
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Farmer has goats and chickens in his fenced barnyard. Tiny Tim can only see under the fence and counts 72 feet. Tall Tony can see over the fence and counts 26 heads. How many chickens does farmer have in his fenced barnyard?
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This solution assists in determining how many chickens and goats in in the fenced barnyard.
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One of the ways to approach this problem is to use algebra.
Let us say there are x goats and y chickens.
The number of heads is just
x + y = 26 (1)
The number of legs is
4x + 2y = 72 ...
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