A farmer goes to the market with £100 and buys 100 animals?

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a farmer goes to the market with &pound;100 and he buys 100 animals, he buys some of each animal. Cows are &pound;5 each Sheep are &pound;1 each and chickens are 5 pence each. He spends all &pound;100 pound, how many of each animal did he buy

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so... if he buys 100 animals... for 100 euros... then what is the only animal that is 1 euro each?

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This is what we call a treasure hunt. With three unknowns and only one equation, there is no way to find the answer other than testing every possible combination of numbers.

A farmer goes to the market with £100 and buys 100 animals?

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