Strange Safari
by
Erik Oosterwal
I have an old uncle who is only slightly more eccentric than he is rich.
He went on a safari to Australia last January to see ostriches and dingoes.
He called me up the day he got to the ranch to tell me what it was like.
I asked him how many animals he had seen and told me the first day he only
saw people and horses, but he didn't remember how many of each there were.
He did remember, though, that between the people and horses there were 22
eyes and 34 legs.
How many humans and how many horses were there?
The next day my rich, eccentric uncle called again and this time he was excited
to announce that he had seen wildlife while out riding the horses. I asked
him how many animals he had seen, and again he didn't remember the exact
number of all the animals, but he did remember that, including the horses
and people from the day before, there were a total of 52 eyes and 74
legs.
If there were twice as many 4 legged dingoes as there were 2 legged ostriches,
how many of each wild animal were there?
I give up, show me the Answer
Copyright E. Oosterwal - 2004
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