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Walk the Dogs...

If all 12 heads belonged to kids, there would be 24 legs (2 legs for each head). But there are 40 legs. That leaves 16 legs, or 8 pairs of legs that must belong to dogs. So there are 8 dogs. Subtract 8 from 12 (since everyone has only one head), and that leaves 4 kids.
 
 

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