Question

One morning I was on my way to the market and met a man who had 4 wives. Each of the wives had 4 bags, containing 4 dogs and ech dog had 4 puppies.
Taking all things into consideration, how many were going to the market?

Answer 1

Answer:  The required number of peoples, dogs and puppies all together that were going to the market is 257.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that one morning,  I was on my way to the market and met a man who had 4 wives.

Each of the wives had 4 bags, containing 4 dogs and each dog had 4 puppies.

We are to find the number of peoples, dogs and puppies all together that were going to the market.

According to the given information, the number of dogs and their puppies that one wife has is given by

$n_d=4\times4\times4=64.$

Since the man had 4 wives, so the total number of dogs, puppies and people was

$N=4\times64+1=256+1=257.$

Thus, the required number of peoples, dogs and puppies all together that were going to the market is 257.