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A man bought some horses, cows and goats.

A man bought some horses, cows and goats. They were 100 in number(totally). If it costed Rs.100 to buy those 100 animals and the cost of a horse, a cow and a goat was Rs.10,Rs.3, 50 paise respectively,how much horses goats and cows did he buy?

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Last Update: November 10, 2009 Asked by: srividhya athreya

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Submitted by: kavitha_84

94 goats, 5 horse and 1 cow
94 * 0.5 = 47
5 * 10 = 50
1 * 3 = 3
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100 = 100

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April 08, 2009 02:05:08

kavitha_84

Member Since: April 2009 Contribution: 1

RE: A man bought some horses, cows and goats.

94 goats 5 horse and 1 cow
94 * 0.5 47
5 * 10 50
1 * 3 3
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100 100

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May 19, 2009 02:22:50

syed mohammad ali

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RE: A man bought some horses, cows and goats.

9 horses- Rs 10 for each- total Rs 90

3 cows -Rs 3 each - total Rs 09

2 goats-Rs .50each - total Rs 01

then it cost Rs 100 finally .

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May 20, 2009 01:51:47

vangavenunath

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RE: A man bought some horses, cows and goats.

A man bought 5 horses 1 cow and 94 goats.
solution:

5x10 50
1x3 3
94x.5 47
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total 100
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November 10, 2009 04:29:22

laxmisrinivasn

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RE: A man bought some horses, cows and goats.

H+C+G 100
10H+3C+G/2 100
Solving the above two equations we get
H (100-5C)/19
The only value that satisfies the above equation is
C 1 then H 5 and G 94

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