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A farmer has a total of 60 animals, consisting of chickens and cows. The number of cows is three times the number of chickens. How many chickens are there?
A farmer has a total of 60 animals, consisting of chickens and cows. The number of cows is three times the number of chickens. How many chickens are there?
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Let's represent the number of chickens as C and the number of cows as X.
From the problem, we know that X + C = 60 (since the farmer has a total of 60 animals) ... Equation (1)
We also know that X = 3C (since the number of cows is three times the number of chickens) ... Equation (2)
To solve the system of equations, we'll first substitute Equation (2) into Equation (1) to get:
3C + C = 60
4C = 60
C = 60/4
C = 15
Therefore, there are 15 chickens.
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