Solve animals-and-legs count
Problem Description
You are presented with a word problem involving animals in a barn, each with a fixed number of legs. Your task is to convert this problem into a system of linear equations and then solve it to determine the number of chickens.
Animal Types and Legs:
- Spiders: 8 legs
- Chickens: 2 legs
- Cows: 4 legs
Additional Relationships:
- The number of chickens is twice the number of cows.
- The number of spiders is twice the number of chickens.
Total Legs:
There are 520 legs in total in the barn.
Question:
How many chickens are in the barn?
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Solve animals-and-legs count
Problem Description
You are presented with a word problem involving animals in a barn, each with a fixed number of legs. Your task is to convert this problem into a system of linear equations and then solve it to determine the number of chickens.
Animal Types and Legs:
- Spiders: 8 legs
- Chickens: 2 legs
- Cows: 4 legs
Additional Relationships:
- The number of chickens is twice the number of cows.
- The number of spiders is twice the number of chickens.
Total Legs:
There are 520 legs in total in the barn.
Question:
How many chickens are in the barn?