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A certain number of horses and an equal number of men are going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their horses while the remaining ones are walking along leading their horses. If the number of legs walking on the ground is 70, how many horses are there?

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Let the number of horses be x.

Therefore, the number of men will also be x

Therefore, the number of legs walking on the ground will be given by;

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Therefore, the number of horses and the number of men are 14.

Hence, we concluded that option(C) is the correct one.i.e 14

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