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Question:  Once there came many birds to a pond

Answer: Once there came many birds to a pond. There were certain number of lotus flowers in the pond. If each bird occupied one lotus one bird was left alone without any flower. If two birds sat in a flower one flower was left behind. Find the total number of birds and flowers.


September 09, 2009 03:22:52 #5
 ritukrishna pradhan   Member Since: September 2009    Total Comments: 1 

RE: Once there came many birds to a pond
 
If one bird occupy 1 flower then one left.
If there are n no. of bird and m no. of flowers
Then relation among them n=m+1
In 2nd case m=n/2+1
by solving we get
n=4 and m=3
     

 

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