SOLUTION: Chebet has y number of goats and x number of sheep.The cost of one goat is 900/= and that of a sheep is 1500/=.In a certain season she made a turnover of 100000/= calculate the num

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Question 1091286: Chebet has y number of goats and x number of sheep.The cost of one goat is 900/= and that of a sheep is 1500/=.In a certain season she made a turnover of 100000/= calculate the number of goats and sheep chebet has
Answer by greenestamps(13216)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

As the problem is stated, the only way I can make sense out of it is if "turnover" is the total cost of the goats and sheep....

In that case, if x is the number of goats and y is the number of sheep, then we need to find integer solutions to the equation


Unfortunately, there will be no solutions in integers. On the left, both 900 and 1500 are multiples of 3, so the sum 900x + 1500y will be a multiple of 3. But the number on the right is not a multiple of 3.

If I have interpreted the problem correctly, there is no solution.

If I have not interpreted the problem correctly, then resubmit the question making it clear what the question is.

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