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AnnZ [28]
2 years ago
9

Three Texas drovers met on a highway and began to dicker as follows:

Mathematics
1 answer:
Alik [6]2 years ago
5 0

Answer:

  • Jim's: 7
  • Duke's: 21
  • Hank's: 11

Step-by-step explanation:

Let J, D, and H represent the drove sizes of Jim, Duke, and Hank.

  2(H -6 + 1) = (J +6 -1) . . . . . Hank's offer

  3(D -14 +1) = (H +14 -1) . . . . Duke's offer

  6(J -4 +1) = (D +4 -1) . . . . . . Jim's offer

These equations can be simplified to ...

  2H - J = 15

  3D - H = 52

  6J - D = 21

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<u>Solution</u>

Adding twice the second equation to the first gives ...

  2(3D -H) +(2H -J) = 2(52) +(15)

  6D -J = 119

Adding 6 times the third equation to this one gives ...

  6(6J -D) +(6D -J) = 6(21) +(119)

  35J = 245

  J = 7

Using this value in the third equation gives ...

  6(7) -D = 21

  42 -21 = D = 21

Using the value of J in the first equation gives ...

  2H -7 = 15

  H = (15 +7)/2 = 11

Then the solution is (J, D, H) = (7, 21, 11).

Jim's drove had 7 animals; Duke's drove had 21 animals; Hank's drove had 11 animals.

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