ok a donkey and a mule were carrying sacks of apples. The donkey groaned so the mule said to him: "why are you complaining? If you gave me one sack, I would have twice as many as you; if I gave you one of my sacks, then we would have equal loads."
How many sacks was each carrying?
2007-01-18 09:13:51 · 9 answers · asked by andrew 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
ok , let donkeys # of sacks be d and the mules m
m + 1 = 2 (d - 1)
m - 1 = d + 1
subtracting these equations:
2 = d - 3
d = 5
subbing back in:
m - 1 = d +1
m - 1 = 5 + 1
m - 1 = 6
m = 7
2007-01-18 09:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
2
2007-01-18 17:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by erica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 and 7
2007-01-18 17:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Alavalathi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 & 5
2007-01-18 17:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by yungr01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
donkey has five sacks and the mule has seven
2007-01-18 17:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by The Watched 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The donkey had one and the mule had three. Oh sorry, I misread the question..,. my answer is wrong... Kates_87 has the correct and most rigorous proforma... she deserves best answer!
2007-01-18 17:38:50 · answer #6 · answered by cherodman4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one has 3 loads, the other has 2
2007-01-18 17:17:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol...none
2007-01-18 17:17:57 · answer #8 · answered by Ballerina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOOD QUESTION
2007-01-18 17:19:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋