SOLUTION: Can you please help in solving this question? A farmer has 242 goats and sheep in total. He sells half of the goats and buys 28 more sheep. In the end he has three times as many

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Question 1120097: Can you please help in solving this question?
A farmer has 242 goats and sheep in total. He sells half of the goats and buys 28 more sheep. In the end he has three times as many sheep as goats. How many sheep did he have to start with?
Thanks in advance.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
g goats
h sheep

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