In a swimming race amongst elephants and cockroaches, where for every 2 elephants who adopt breast stroke, 4 elephants adopt back stroke. For every 3 cockroaches, who adopt breast stroke, 5 adopt back stroke. If a crab happens to be on the floor of that swimming pool, he can view a total of 34 limbs. If the crab cannot see the limbs of any animal adopting backstroke, find the number of elephants adopting breast stroke. if there are 20 participants in all. (cockroaches and elephants have 6 and 4 limbs respectively.)

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In algebra, a quadratic equation is a second-order equation that can be rearranged in standard form as: ax2 + bx + c = 0 In this equation, x represents an unknown value, and a, b, and c represent known numbers, where a ≠ 0. The term "quadratic" comes from the Latin word "quadratus" which means square. This refers to the fact that the variable x is squared in the equation. Not every quadratic equation is in standard form. Here are some examples of non-standard quadratic equations: - Missing the linear coefficient - Missing the constant termRelated Tests:  Algebra Practice Test: Linear... Show more

In a swimming race amongst elephants and cockroaches, where for every 2 elephants who adopt breast stroke, 4 elephants adopt back stroke. For every 3 cockroaches, who adopt breast stroke, 5 adopt back stroke. If a crab happens to be on the floor of that swimming pool, he can view a total of 34 limbs. If the crab cannot see the limbs of any animal adopting backstroke, find the number of elephants adopting breast stroke. if there are 20 participants in all. (cockroaches and elephants have 6 and 4 limbs respectively.)