Guest Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 A farmer has 17 cows all but 9 die. How many did he have left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 9 if all but 9 die that means 9 are alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rookie1ja Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 9 I have posted a variation on this one (with apples not cows) a while ago ... for more similar questions check these short ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 All but 9 what? If you mean all but 9 cows die. Clearly, he has 8 cows alive. This is like a kiddy math problem If all BUT 9 die than he has 9 alive. not 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 All but 9 what? If you mean all but 9 cows die. Clearly, he has 8 cows alive. This is like a kiddy math problem kiddy? hehehe maybe you should go back to kiddy school then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 (edited) hehe I was just gonna say that waterpolo.txt Edited August 21, 2008 by rookie1ja scavenger hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 A farmer has 17 cows all but 9 die. How many did he have left 17 cows. a cow is a cow, dead or alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 good point vanago just showed us *goes back to kiddy school* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 That was an interesting problem. I didn't get it right though because i was looking for a hidden answer. Vanango has a really good point, i agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 All but 9 what? If you mean all but 9 cows die. Clearly, he has 8 cows alive. This is like a kiddy math problem If all but 9 die that means there are 9 left. You may have read through the problem too fast. Look at it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 A farmer has 17 cows all but 9 die. How many did he have left 9, that's how many you said didn't die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 A farmer has 17 cows all but 9 die. How many did he have left 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 since all but 9 die, I'd say those 9 are left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I admit I have have been wrong about these things before, but since the person posing the question did not specify if the cows had to be alive or not, I think that there are two correct answers to this particular question. Vanango's answer is valid and so is the more obvious answer, 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 17. Look at the tenses of the verbs. A farmer has 17 cows, all but 9 die, how many did he have left? The question takes place before the action of the cows dying, so he had 17. Hell, if you continue further down the line, he could have as many cows as he wanted in the past. The question only tells us he has 17 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yes, but in his grief he had a lot of steak ... ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 If a farmer has 17 cows, and all but nine die, then he would have eight left. I am still trying to figure out how some people came out with nine cows are alive. 17-9=8, there is no nine included. O i love smart people. Read the problem. All but nine die. That is the essential word in this phrase. Those nine did not die, and that means he has nine left. As for having 17 because the porblem asks for what "did he have" the last word in the phrase is "left." Grammer and syntax are essential to the English language, you can't omit certain words to suit your needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 If a farmer has 17 cows, and all but nine die, then he would have eight left. I am still trying to figure out how some people came out with nine cows are alive. 17-9=8, there is no nine included. If you have 17 euros and spend all. How many do you have left? If you have 17 dollars and spend all but 2, how many euros do you have left?There is a similarity to both these last two questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 O i love smart people. Read the problem. All but nine die. That is the essential word in this phrase. Those nine did not die, and that means he has nine left. As for having 17 because the porblem asks for what "did he have" the last word in the phrase is "left." Grammer and syntax are essential to the English language, you can't omit certain words to suit your needs. Spelling is'nt essential then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Spelling is'nt essential then? of course not ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Must be a newbie thing, i thought the same thing at first a cow is a cow dead or alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 of course not ... First post , be fare on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) 17 cows. a cow is a cow, dead or alive. Some times you have to think outside the box like vanango did here. He's got it right. The problem simply stated that the cows died not that the farmer had disposed of them yet! Edited April 5, 2008 by tahoe rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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All but 9 what? If you mean all but 9 cows die. Clearly, he has 8 cows alive. This is like a kiddy math problem
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He has 8 deceased cows left. (The remaining 9 got freaked out over the sudden bovine death syndrome which struck the other 8 and legged it.)
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The answer can also more than 17 cows, since it doesn't say he had a total amount of 17 cows... So it's possible that he had 100 cows for example...
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