A rancher buys 100 live animals for $100. Chickens cost 50 cents each, goats cost $3.50 each, and cows cost $10 each. How many of each did the rancher buy?

Nash Frank

Nash Frank

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2022-07-26

A rancher buys 100 live animals for $100. Chickens cost 50 cents each, goats cost $3.50 each, and cows cost $10 each. How many of each did the rancher buy?

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Emilie Reeves

Emilie Reeves

Beginner2022-07-27Added 11 answers

equations are
x+y+z = 100
.50x + 3.5y + 10z =100
Shannon Andrews

Shannon Andrews

Beginner2022-07-28Added 5 answers

This is a Systems of Equations problem that is missinginformation we can only create 2 possible Equations out of theinformation given. Let a = # of Chickens Let b= # of Goats,and Let c= # of Cows puchased. We will move the decimalto places to the right and allow 50 to equal $.50, 350 toequal $3.50, 1000 to equal $10.00 also 10000 to equal $100.00
a+b+c=100
50a+350b+1000c=10000

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