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A farmer went to your bank to ask for a loan. The bank agreed on offering $100 as long as the farmer would be able to buy exactly 100 animals with those $100. The only rule of the agreement was that the farmer would buy at least one of each of the following animals: ox, pigs and sheeps. Each ox costs $10. Each pigs costs $3, and the sheeps costs, each, $0.50. How many animals of each kind did the farmer buy?

 Nov 5, 2014
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as the rate is 1:3,1/3:20
we can set up a equatio looking like this 1x+3.1/3x+20x=100 where we will find that x is 4.1096 aprox
There for if my calculations is correct the farmer had to buy
4 ox
14 pigs

and

82 sheeps

adding up to a total of 100 animals :)

4+14+82=100

 Nov 5, 2014

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