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QuestionIn a field with 31 heads and 86 feet, how many horses and geese are there? Let horses = x and geese = y. Solve: $x + y = 31$ and $4x + 2y = 86$ .

Studdy Solution
olving this equation for $G$ gives us $G =31 -12 =19$ .
So, the farmer has12 horses and19 geese.

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