A Math Question...

pak.ique
By pak.ique

Question

1 day your boss give you a 100 US$ to buy some birds for him, he want 3 type of birds, (i) sparrow (ii) pigeon (iii) parrot, and he want 100 birds in 100 US$ which should be including all 3 types of birds (quantity you have to decide for each bird). so here is the market price for those birds.

(i) sparrow - US$ 1 = 20 sparrow
(ii) pigeon - US$ 1 = 1 pigeon
(iii) parrot - US$ 5 = 1 parrot

so now how you will buy all 3 types of birds, total 100 birds in 100 US$, should be no balance and no extra bird

100 = 100

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 19:27
anonymous

lol jack.. this was too easy to get the title ;)

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 19:09
anonymous

Congrats WK you are a Maths boy....mathboy!!!

By blue_rose• 21 Jun 2010 18:49
blue_rose

well done WK for quick answer

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 10:26
anonymous

IM just on the ones that interest me

By drmana• 21 Jun 2010 10:16
drmana

Solved already......

By Ice Maiden• 21 Jun 2010 10:14
Ice Maiden

WK how do you manage to jump in first on all the new topics....

By the-birdie• 21 Jun 2010 09:47
the-birdie

Does he plan to buy some more animals ?

By pak.ique• 21 Jun 2010 08:58
pak.ique

Good whytek, if you did not hear about it before, then you did a raelly good work.

By choozy_84• 21 Jun 2010 08:53
choozy_84

yehh good one.. my ans same wk ans :))

By pak.ique• 21 Jun 2010 08:52
pak.ique

your anser is wrong deepb,

if you calculate the ammount its ok, but if you calculate the number of birds, its more then 100, its should be in 100 US$, 100 birds, no balance and no extra,

this is the mind excercise.

By deepb• 21 Jun 2010 08:52
deepb

Oh wait, I missed the part about requiring 100 birds. Makes more sense now.

By deepb• 21 Jun 2010 08:51
deepb

It's not a difficult question and it doesn't have a single unique answer, so what's the point in saying he must know it before?

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 08:50
anonymous

1 parrot is enough, 1000 sparrows, and 45 pigeons.

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 08:50
anonymous

Hadn't read it before but it's not so hard as there were only 4 options to choose from, 20 sparrows, 40 sparrows, 60 sparrows, 80 sparrows. I tried the combination with 80 sparrows and got it, that's all. No need for any Maths knowledge for this.

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 08:48
anonymous

he must be knwoing this b4 :P ... isnt it WK?

By pak.ique• 21 Jun 2010 08:47
pak.ique

he must know it before, its very old question.

By deepb• 21 Jun 2010 08:47
deepb

I prefer 19 parrots, 4 pigeons and 20 sparrows. Btw, whats the point of this exercise?

By Formatted Soul• 21 Jun 2010 08:44
Formatted Soul

WK you are genius ..in 2 mints you got the answer..:)

By pak.ique• 21 Jun 2010 08:37
pak.ique

Good, very fast "whyteknight"

By Andeee• 21 Jun 2010 08:36
Andeee

too early in the morning to do calculationss...

By anonymous• 21 Jun 2010 08:34
anonymous

19 Parrots

1 pigeon

80 Sparrows

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