Bea raised some cows and some turkeys. She raised a total of 28 cows and turkeys. There were 96 legs in all. H?

April 7, 2012 | Filed under: Poultry | Posted by: Laquon Marshall

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Question by : Bea raised some cows and some turkeys. She raised a total of 28 cows and turkeys. There were 96 legs in all. H?
Bea raised some cows and some turkeys. She raised a total of 28 cows and turkeys. There were 96 legs in all. How many turkeys did Bea raise?

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2 Responses to Bea raised some cows and some turkeys. She raised a total of 28 cows and turkeys. There were 96 legs in all. H?

I come up with 20 cows and 8 turkeys.
20 cows have a total of 80 legs(20 x4)
8 turkeys have a total of 16 legs(8 x 2)
which makes 96.
Of course some of the cows could be amputees so that would change the equation.

agr8guy3
April 7, 2012 at 7:11 am
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one cow, one turkey. 20 cross breeds from the cow and turkey playing hanky panky. each offspring was a birth defect with 3 legs. this was a hot seller at thanksgiving time.

slivers
April 7, 2012 at 7:29 am
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