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there are some chickens and cows in a barn. if there is 18 heads and 50 legs how many cows and chickens are there?

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Let the number of cows = xThen the number of chickens = 18-xNumber of legs of 1 cow = 4Number of legs of x cows = 4xNumber of legs of 1 chicken = 2Number of legs of 18-x chickens = 218-x = 36-2xAccording to question :4x + 36-2x = 504x + 36 - 2x = 502x = 50-362x = 14x = 142 = 7So, number of cows = 7Number of chickens = 18-7 = 11

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