how about this?

[racz_jay25]

I have a farm where an accident occured (I won't go into it - it's horrible) and now, most of my pigs have lost their legs. I have chickens and pigs on my farm, and after the accident, the ratio of pigs to chicken legs is the same as the ratio of chicken legs to pig legs. Luckily, all of my chickens still have their legs. If there are three pig legs missing for each leg my chickens have, how many pigs do I have for each chicken leg?

[cmo]

I have a farm where an accident occured (I won't go into it - it's horrible) and now, most of my pigs have lost their legs. I have chickens and pigs on my farm, and after the accident, the ratio of pigs to chicken legs is the same as the ratio of chicken legs to pig legs. Luckily, all of my chickens still have their legs. If there are three pig legs missing for each leg my chickens have, how many pigs do I have for each chicken leg?

Wow, tough! My brain does not want to work at the end of the day! :lol:

[racz_jay25]

hahaha.. drink coffee.. it might help you..

[ctivnan]

two? :whazzup:

i need coffee! :coffee1:

[racz_jay25]

answer?

[cmo]

Four? :DANCER:

[racz_jay25]

nice one..

guess again..hehehe

[cmo]

Six? :dance3::dance3::dance3:

[racz_jay25]

okay, lower..i'll give the answer on monday..

[cmo]

Five? :DANCER:

[racz_jay25]

the correct answer is 1

Here's the explanation..let's review our algebra..hehehe
**NOTE: This problem does not ask how many chickens I have.
The amount of chicken legs I have is 'x'. The amount of pigs I have is 'y'. The amount of pigs' legs missing is '3x' (three missing for each leg the chickens have). Therefore, since pigs normally have 4 legs, the amount of pig legs I have is '4y-3x'.
The ratio of pigs to chicken legs is y/x. the ratio of chicken legs to pig legs is x/(4y-3x). If you cross multiply, you will get x^2 = 4y^2 - 3xy, or 4y^2 - 3xy - x^2 = 0.
If you use the quadratic equation to solve this, where a=4, b=-3x and c=-x^2, you will arrive at the result y=x.
Therefore, the ratio of pigs to chicken legs, and chicken legs to pig legs (and therefore pigs to pig legs) is 1:1. (I told you the accident was horrible.)

[cmo]

I new it was Algebra. I'm extremely weak in algebra!!! That's why I could not figure out :sign_lol::sign_lol::sign_lol:

[racz_jay25]

don't worry, you're not the only one..hehehe..

i haven't answered this question too the first time i saw it..