document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=144787>Question 144787</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a barn every two horses share a trough, every three cows share a trugh and every eight pigs share a trough.  The farmer has the same nuber of each animal.  There is a total of sixty nine troughs.  How many animals does the farmer have in total? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x/2+x/3+x/8=69 __ multiplying by 24 (LCD) __ 12x+8x+3x=69*24 __ 23x=69*24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "dividing by 23 __ x=72 __ substituting __ 3(72)=216 </SPAN>\n" );
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