A farmer has 4 times as many ducks as chickens. There are 72 more chickens than ducks. How many chickens and ducks does the farmer have altogether?

The farmer has 120 birds altogether

Step-by-step explanation:

Now, since the number of chickens us equal to 4 times the number of ducks, it means that if there are 2 ducks, there are (2 × 4) chickens and if there are 5 ducks in the farm, there are (5 × 4) chickens.

Let's then denote the number of ducks by "b". So, if the number of chickens is equal to 4 times the number of ducks, then the total quantity of birds belonging to the farmer

= 4b + b

If there are 72 more chickens than ducks, the quantity of birds is:

4b - b = 72

3b = 72

b = 72/3

b = 24 ducks

Since 4b represents the quantity of chickens and b is equal to 24, then the actual quantity of chickens = 4 × 24 = 96.

Therefore, if there are 96 chickens and 24 ducks in the farm, then the actual sum of the birds belonging to the farmer is:

96 + 24

= 120 birds

The farmer has 120 birds altogether.

answer: ok

step-by-step explanation:

the central idea is that:

individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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