There are some rabbits and peacocks in a zoo. The total number of their heads is 60 and total number of their legs is 192. Find the number of total rabbits?
Correct answer: E. None of these
- A. 30
- B. 46
- C. 40
- D. 44
- E. None of these
Explanation
Let rabbits be r and peacocks be p, both counts of animals. From r + p = 60 and 4r + 2p = 192, doubling the first equation gives 2r + 2p = 120; subtraction gives 2r = 72, so r = 36 rabbits. A likely mistake is option b, 46, caused by assigning the wrong number of legs to one type of animal.
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