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The head of an animal preserve in Africa decided to take count of the tigers and
ostriches he had in the park. He did this by counting the number of legs and heads of these
animals. He ended up with 35 heads and 78 legs. Do you know how many lions there were and
how many ostriches?
Solution:
There are four lions and 31 ostriches. Here's how to figure it out: Since the amount of
heads is 35, there has to be a minimum of 70 legs. However, his total count of legs was 78, or
eight legs more than the minimum. These extra legs must belong to the lions. Dividing these
eight legs by two (because we already counted only two legs for each animal so far), we get the
number of four-legged animals. Therefore, the total number of lions has to be four.