1 chicken was eaten by a hawk.
2 chickens were eaten by a fox
3 chicken were eaten by a wolf
4 chicken were taken by the government
How many chickens left?
2007-10-31 10:20:53 · 19 answers · asked by Alexander 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2007-10-31 10:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
10. 1 is in the belly of the hawk, 2 are in the belly of a fox, 3 are in the belly of a wolf and 4 are in the governments hands. They may not be alive, but they still exist, because stomach acid doesn't digest food that fast... unless the chickens were eaten several days ago. Then there are only 4 left.
But the farmer doesn't have any, of course. Unless he owns the Hawk, fox, or wolf, or unless he is the government... i suppose there are a lot of possibilities.
2007-10-31 17:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
we have a labour government (here in the uk) so those four are on the 'left' i guess. they are still alive so therefore still 'left' too i guess. could be that four of those eaten were already taken by the government and the farmer retains four yet again. maybe only three that were taken by the government were later consumed leaving the farmer with three (or so on). maybe the hawk that ate the first chicken was then later eaten by a fox meaning the fox really only stole one from the farmer leavin him with five. the possibilities are endless. let me know how it turns out...
2007-10-31 17:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Assuming there was no typo, 8 chickens are left. You asked how many "chickens", which is plural. "chickens" could mean something other than the common animal chicken, and if so, could be different from the singular "chicken".
You said 2 "chickens" were eaten by a fox, and for the other occurrences, only "chicken" was used.
You can think of it mathematically as well, e.g.
Let 'p' represent "chickens"
Let 's' represent "chicken"
p + s would be as simplified as it gets, as they are unlike terms. Whereas, p+p = 2p.
2007-10-31 21:07:46 · answer #4 · answered by de4th 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well if you want to get technical, the famer really didn;t have any chickens to begin with. The government owned the chickens before the farmer did
2007-10-31 17:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by neongreensugar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends how many chickens the farmer had in the first place. . . You just said "Farmer had 10 chickens?" That technically doesn't mean anything. .
2007-10-31 17:25:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
looks like this farmer is all chickened out,but why did the gov, take the chickens?tell him to put the next chickens in a pin,with a top on it.and don't let the gov,know he's got them.
2007-10-31 17:28:45 · answer #7 · answered by git r done 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
4 chickens are left. The government had the chickens rendered to Pakistan, the Pakistanis sent them to Egypt, the Egyptians accidentally sent them back to the U.S., and the four chickens found their way home to their little coop again.
2007-10-31 17:25:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Errr 0!
2007-10-31 17:25:22 · answer #9 · answered by ranger586 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
none left..they were eaten of taken
2007-10-31 17:29:28 · answer #10 · answered by younglady215 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no chickens left
2007-10-31 17:26:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋