Question

Robert has fish, chickens, and dogs. There are 28 eyes total and 16 legs total. Also, there are twice as many fish as chickens. How many dogs are there?

Answer 1

4 dogs because of 16 legs?

Answer 2

There are 2 dogs

Explaination:

If there are 28 eyes in total,

Dogs- 4 eyes

Chickens- 8 eyes

Fishes - 16 eyes

In total they have 28 eyes

if there are 16 legs,

Dogs- 8 legs

Chickens- 8 legs

Fishes- 0 legs

So,

2 Dogs

4 Chickens

8 Fishes

( the problem even said that there are twice as many fish as chickens)