Homework Help: Math

Posted by Glen on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 11:21am.

A donkey (D) and a mule (M) were carrying sacks of apples. The donkey groaned so the mule said to him, "Why are you complaining? If you gave me one sack, I would have twice as many as you; if I gave you one of my sacks, then we would have equal loads."

How many sacks was each carrying?

Math - bobpursley, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 11:25am
Start with the second
M-1=D+1 or M=D+2
the first statement says:
(D-1)2=M+1 Or M=2D-3

so D+2=2D-3
or D=5 and M=7
Math - Glen, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 1:04pm
Thank you!

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