Chickens and rabbits are in the same cage. There are 12 fewer chickens than rabbits. They have 138 feet in total. How many chickens and rabbits are there Please list the equation. Thank you

Chickens and rabbits are in the same cage. There are 12 fewer chickens than rabbits. They have 138 feet in total. How many chickens and rabbits are there Please list the equation. Thank you


Suppose there are x rabbits, then there are (x - 12) chickens
4x+(x-12)2=138
4x+2x-24=138
6x=162
x=27
27-12 chickens



There are 12 more chickens than rabbits in the same cage. There are 192 chicken feet and rabbit feet in total. How many chickens? How many rabbits?


x*2+(x-12)*4=192
x=48
There are 48 chickens and 36 rabbits



There are 138 feet in the same cage. There are 12 more chickens than rabbits?


If x chickens, then (X-12) rabbits, then x + (X-12) = 138
The solution is x = 75
So there are 75 chickens and 63 rabbits