SOLUTION: A farmer bought a number of pigs for $210. However, 3 of them died before he could sell the rest at a profit of 2 per pig. His total profit was $6. How many pigs did he originally
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Question 1029725: A farmer bought a number of pigs for $210. However, 3 of them died before he could sell the rest at a profit of 2 per pig. His total profit was $6. How many pigs did he originally buy? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! He gets a profit of $6 total.
For each pig, he gets $2 in profit.
He sold 3 pigs plus the 3 pigs that died makes 6 total that he bought.
