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@Geo:
There is a herd of cattle consisting of bulls and cows, one part of which was white, a second black, a third spotted, and a fourth brown. Among the bulls, the number of white ones was one half plus one third the number of the black greater than the brown; the number of the black, one quarter plus one fifth the number of the spotted greater than the brown; the number of the spotted, one sixth and one seventh the number of the white greater than the brown. Among the cows, the number of white ones was one third plus one quarter of the total black cattle; the number of the black, one quarter plus one fifth the total of the spotted cattle; the number of spotted, one fifth plus one sixth the total of the brown cattle; the number of the brown, one sixth plus one seventh the total of the white cattle.
What i cant figure is, what is the total composition of the herd?
Doh!
Mate relax…stick some old monster truck videos or some Benny Hill on or something. Jeez!
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well 50,389,082 may be the smallest positive integer which embraces the first part of the problem . . . but given the total of white and black bulls is a square number and the total number of spotted and brown bulls is a triangular number . . . i'm afraid that just won't do!
. . . anyway it was during Monster Jam when El Toro Loco was getting slaughtered it popped into my head
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@Geo:
well 50,389,082 may be the smallest positive integer which embraces the first part of the problem . . . but given the total of white and black bulls is a square number and the total number of spotted and brown bulls is a triangular number . . . i'm afraid that just won't do!
. . . anyway it was during Monster Jam when El Toro Loco was getting slaughtered it popped into my head
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I've herd it all now, udder bullocks…........
