RE: FN-FORUM MENSA Question (just 4 fun!)

date posted 20th January 2003 14:02

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Raymond Stone wrote:

> Horse = 7
> Pigs = 21
> Ducks = 9*8
>
> £100 with 100 animals

Out of interest, did you use brute force or solve three simultaneous
equations to get that? I got:

10h+p+d/8=£100
h+p+d =100 animals

but you'd need another equation to deal with the three terms, and I can't
find any more facts to make one from...

Alex.
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