We see there are some blackbirds and white rabbits. Totally, the number of them is 8. Then, the number of their legs totally is 24. How many the birds do you see?
OK,
We see X blackbirds and Y white rabbits if we hereby count like next.
①X + Y = 8
②2(legs)X + 4(legs)Y = 24
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①’ Y = 8 − X
↓
②’ 2X + 4 x (8 − X) = 24
↓
2X + 32 − 4X = 24
↓
2X − 4X = 24 − 32
↓
−2X = −8
X = 4 (blackbirds)
合わせて何羽か。
鳥も兎も羽で数えますよね。ところが、鶴が4匹、あるいは亀が4羽でもおかしな日本語だ。鶴亀算など廃止して、鳥兎算にとり換えなさい。算数なので単位は揃えよう。