10 animals
36 legs
How many have 2
How many have 4
10X2 =20
36-20 = 16
Is that right?
I don't really understand your answer.
How many animals have 2 legs?
How many animals have 4 legs?
10 with 2 legs and 4 with 4 legs
Correction: Should be 8 animals with 4 legs and 2 animals with 2 legs.
That can't be. There are only 10 animals.
x=number of animals with 4 legs
y=number of animals with 2 legs
36= total number of legs
10= total number of animals
x+y=10
x=10-y
4x+2y=36
4(10-y)+2y=36
40-4y+2y=36
-2y=-4
y=2
x=8
No, that is not correct. Let's break it down step by step to find the correct answer.
We know that there are 10 animals in total and 36 legs in total. We want to determine how many of these animals have 2 legs and how many have 4 legs.
To find the number of animals with 2 legs, we can divide the total number of legs (36) by the number of legs per animal (2). This gives us:
36 / 2 = 18
So, there are 18 animals with 2 legs.
To find the number of animals with 4 legs, we subtract the number of animals with 2 legs (18) from the total number of animals (10). This gives us:
10 - 18 = -8
Wait! We get a negative number, which doesn't make sense in this context. This means there must be an error somewhere in our calculation.
Let's double-check our information. If we have 10 animals and each animal has either 2 or 4 legs, there cannot be more animals with 2 legs than the total number of animals. It seems there might be a mistake in the given information.
Please provide the correct number of animals and/or legs, so we can help you find the accurate answer.