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Four farmers took their cows to the market. Kilonzo had two more cows than Mutua. Kyengo had three times as many cows as Kilonzo whereas...

Four farmers took their cows to the market. Kilonzo had two more cows than Mutua. Kyengo had three times as many cows as Kilonzo whereas Mwondu had ten less cows than both Kilonzo and Kyengo

a) Write a simplified algebraic expression with one variable representing the total number of cows.
b) Three butchers bought all the cows and shared them equally. If each butcher got 17 cows, find the number of cows Mutua had.

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Wilfykil answered the question on August 29, 2019 at 06:45

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