My friend who owns a farm nearby, has five droves of animals on his farm consisting of cows, sheep and pigs with the same number of animals in each drove. One day he decided to sell them all and sold them to 8 dealers.

Each of the 8 dealers bought the same number of animals and paid at the rate of Rupees 17 for each cow, Rupees 2 for each sheep and Rupees 2 for each pig. My friend received from the dealer in total Rupees 285.

How many animals in all did he have and how many of each kind ?

(Given: 1 Rupee = 100 Paise)

(In reply to Regarding the Official Solution by Charlie)

There is no way to determine how the 117 animals, which consist of sheep and pigs are broken out.  Perhaps the sheep and pigs were supposed to sell for different amounts.

Posted by Timothy Bard on 2004-12-27 18:17:57