One hundred animals for a thousand dollars
A farmer spends exactly $1000 on exactly animals, buying at least one of each kind: cows at $50, sheep at $10, and chickens at $0.50 each. How many chickens does he buy?
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- Two equations: and . Eliminate .
- ; mod forces , then , .
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