SOLUTION: A farmer bought a number of pigs for $290. However, 7 of them died before he could sell the rest at a profit of 10 per pig. His total profit was $150. How many pigs did he original
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Question 1103210: A farmer bought a number of pigs for $290. However, 7 of them died before he could sell the rest at a profit of 10 per pig. His total profit was $150. How many pigs did he originally buy?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of pigs he bought
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He originally bought 22 pigs
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check:
buying price/pig
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selling price per pig
and
profit/pig
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