Homework Help: math

Posted by maddy on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 11:29pm.

Farmer Brown had ducks and cows. One day she noticed that the animals had a total of 12 heads and 32 feet. How many of the animals were ducks and how many were cows?

math - drwls, Monday, March 16, 2009 at 11:34pm
D + C = 12 (number of heads)
2D + 4C = 32 (number of feet)

Solve for D and C, using algebra.
math - Anonymous, Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12:39am
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math - Anonymous, Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 8:55pm
pooop
math - a, Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 8:59pm
there are 4 cows and 8 ducks because if you - 32-24=8 and 8 divided by 2 = 4 cows
so my answer is 4 cows and 8 ducks
math - skyler, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 8:12pm
aw poop. it doesn't exactly tell you how to do it. I need to write an equation for this question :( my teacher wont take this xD
math - Davis, Monday, March 25, 2013 at 4:08pm
there are 4 cows and 8 ducks

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