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    maddishaw Posts: 6, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 21, 2013, 06:34 PM
    How do you find how many of each of three animals there are if you know the total?
    A farm has a total of 50 cows, horses, and goats. The number of goats is 5 more than the number of cows, and there are 10 fewer goats than horses. How many horses are on the farm?
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    Apr 28, 2013, 09:39 AM
    It's a wrong question.
    Answer cannot be obtained in whole numbers, which is not possible.
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    Apr 28, 2013, 11:30 AM
    Here is how to set it up; and you might discover that the question is wrong.
    Let x = the number of cows.
    Then, x + 5 = number of goats.
    Then, (x + 5) - 10 = the number of horses.
    So, if the total is 50, then:
    x + (x + 5) + (x + 5) - 10 = 50.
    If you solve for x, which is the number of cows, then you get a fraction of a cow: which isn't possible.
    So the total of 50 must be wrong.
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