Question

A hunter has just returned after a day's bird shooting. he was asked how many birds he had in his bag. he answered, "they are all sparrows but six," all pigeons but six, and all doves but six. how many bird did he have in his bag?

Answer 1

All but means all except

All sparrows but six : The six are other birds (pigeons and doves)

All pigeons but six : The six are other birds (sparrows and doves)

All doves but six : The six are other birds (pigeons and sparrows)

This means that the birds are of equal number.

Hence we have 6/2 = 3 in each case for each variety.

We therefore have :

3 doves + 3 sparrows + 3 pigeons = 9 birds.

Answer 2

Answer:

therefore answer is 9birds