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

date posted 20th January 2003 14:57

> 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:


Nope, I just realised that the results of 100 would not work out without
the ducks being somewhere between 8-10 and then checked the horse/pigs
value for that range. Actually I guess that is kind of brute force I
suppose but with a logical assumption to reduce the combinations.