Question

Maths Puzzle (11-04-2020) : Farmer Brown and Farmer Green were ruminating one day on the fence between their farms. Farmer Brown says, "You know I was just thinking, if you gave me one of your cows, then we would have the same number of cows." Farmer Green replies, "If you gave me one of your cows, then I would have twice as many as you!"

How many cows does Farmer Brown have and how many cows does Farmer Green have?

Answer 1

Answer:

brown=5

green=7

Step-by-step explanation:

see

let brown =x and green =y

so we have x+1=y-1 for the first case

and for second case, 2(x-1)=y+1

solve both eqn and we get above answer

Answer 2

Answer:

farmer brown has 5 cows and farmer green has 7 cows

Step-by-step explanation: