Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Trending News

Promoted
R3al!ty !s s0 b0r!ng
Lv 5
R3al!ty !s s0 b0r!ng asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

Need help with algebra one word problem?

This makes no sense to me...

At a local zoo, there are octopi and people. if there are a total of 116 feet, and you count 22 heads, how many octopi and people are there?

Help?? Thanks so much (:

Update:

i still don't understand... call me weird -.-

4 Answers

Relevance
  • Pandaluv
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    8c+2p=116

    c+p=22

    8c+2p=116

    -2c-2p=-44

    --------------

    6c=72

    c=12

    There are 12 octopi.

    c+p=22

    12+p=22

    p=10

    there are 10 people.

  • Aa
    1 decade ago

    If there are 22 people then there are 44 feet. That leaves 72 feet left. Since an octopus has 8 "feet" divide 72 by 8 and get 9 octopi.

    Source(s): lots of math classes
  • ?
    1 decade ago

    12 octopi, 10 humans

    12x8=96

    10x2=20

    ___

    116 12 represents twelve octopi. multiplied by eight b/c of the tentacles.

    10 " ten humans. " " 2 " " " feet.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Assuming an octopi has 8 feet to go with his 8 legs, and one head, then O=8f+h, and P=2f+h. We are given that h=22, and f=116. See what you can do with that.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.