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A farmer had 700 geese and duck altogether. He sold 1/3 of his geese and bought another 20 ducks. Afterthat, the number of ducks was 1/6 of the number of geese. How many more geese and ducks were there at first

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  1. 17 July, 01:38
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    Initial condition:

    g+d=700

    g=700-d

    final condition

    d+20 = (2g/3) (1/6)

    d+20=g/9

    9d+180=g, and since g=700-d we can say

    9d+180=700-d

    10d+180=700

    10d=520

    d=52, and since g=700-d

    g=648

    The original number of ducks was 52 and the original amount of geese was 648.

    So there were originally (648-52) 596 more geese than ducks.
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