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: A cunning farmer, when asked how many sheep he had,said,"A third of my sheep are in the barn. A fifth are out to pasture. Three times the difference of these are newborn. And one is my daughter's pet. But there's less than 20 in all." How many sheep does the farmer have? This question is from textbook

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