Seven sheep make up 1/12 of a flock of sheep on a farm. Sheep make up 2/7 of all the animals on the farm. How many animals are there on the farm?

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12 animals

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Originally Posted by Nontando

12 animals

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How did you get that?

Seven sheep make up 1/12 of a flock of sheep on a farm. Sheep make up 2/7 of all the animals on the farm.

just rewrite the above statement in equations form and you will get the answer very simply (its not guessing!)

7 = (1/12) * x... where x : flock of sheep on the farm
Solve for x and you will get x = 84

now the second part of the statement makes the other equation
X = (2/7) * y... where y: all the animals of the farm (the answer you want)
solve for y and you will get y = 294 animals

so Ans: 294 animals