The number of horses is 40
Solution:
Given that on a farm the ratio of horses to cows is 2 : 3
To find: Number of horses
From given ratio,
number of horses : number of cows = 2 : 3
Let the number of horses be 2x
Let the number of cows be 3x
Given that there are total of 100 animals
Therefore,
number of horses + number of cows = 100
2x + 3x = 100
5x = 100
x = 20
Therefore, number of horses = 2x = 2(20) = 40
Thus there are 40 horses