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A mathematician counted 70 cows in the pasture. “What part of the whole herd are these cows?” - the mathematician asked the shepherd. “I brought in two-thirds of the third of the whole herd to graze,” - replied the shepherd.
How many cows are there in the whole herd? Between...
How many cows are there in the whole herd? Between...
Explanations
315 cows in the whole herd.Let X - the entire number of cows in the herd. Then, according to the condition:
(2/3)*(1/3)*X = 70
(2/9)*X = 70
2*X = 630
X = 315
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