Problema Solution
if you had 2 cattlemen and 1 cattlemen said if u give me 1 of ur cattle we would have the same amount of cattle then the other cattle man said if you give me 1 of ur cattle i would double what u got how much do they got?
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let
x = the number of cattle the first cattleman had
y = the number of cattle the second cattleman had
1 cattlemen said if u give me 1 of ur cattle we would have the same amount of cattle
x + 1 = y - 1
the other cattle man said if you give me 1 of ur cattle i would double what u got
y + 1 = 2(x - 1)
by solving the system of equations
x + 1 = y - 1
y + 1 = 2(x - 1)
we find
x = 5
y = 7
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one cattleman had 5 cattle and the other had 7 cattle.