SOLUTION: have $100 horses cost $10 goats $3 chickens $.50 need just 100 animals

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Question 23041: have $100 horses cost $10 goats $3 chickens $.50 need just 100 animals
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's take 20 goats at $3 each for $60
and also 80 chickens at $.50 for $40,
for a total of 100 animals for $100.

Are there other solutions? How many different solutions can you find? Should we try to solve this with equations??

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