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3 years ago

Mary owned n sheep and Sam had exactly 4 times as many sheep as Mary.

Mathematics

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Veseljchak [2.6K]3 years ago

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Answer:

The least value of n is, 9.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mary(M) owned the number of sheep is n i.e, M = n sheep

Sam(S) had exactly four times as many sheep as Mary , i.e, S = 4 n sheep

As per the given condition Mary buys 17 extra sheep

Now, Mary has total number of sheep, M = n +17 sheep

And Sam sells 8 of his sheep that means he has now,

But, Sam still has more sheep than Mary i.e,

Solve an inequality:

Add 8 both sides we get;

Simplify:

Now, subtract n from both the side, we get;

Simplify:

Since n is the number of sheep in integer,

then the least value of n is, 9.

Nostrana [21]3 years ago

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