Question

Once a mule and a donkey were talking. The mule said, “I am carrying more sacks than you. In fact, if you give me one of your sacks, then I would have twice as many as you. If I give you a sack, our loads would be equal.” how many sacks was each animal carrying.​

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let the sacks carried by donkey be x and the sacks carried by mule be y.

y+1=2(x−1) .......(1)

and y+1=x+1 ........(2)

∴y=2x−3 .......(3)

and y=x+2 ...(4)

Equating (3) and (4), we get

x+2=2x−3

or 2x−x=3+2

or x=5

∴y=7

∴ Sacks carried by donkey =7

Answer 2

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