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I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per
cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries
per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and
canaries do I have? (Expalin in Detail)

a.4 canaries and 3 cages
b.3 canaries and 4 cages
c.4 canaries and 5 cages
d.None of the above

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I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put..

Answer / shetty

a.4 canaries and 3 cages

one canary per cage 3 canary in cage and one bird left

two canaries per cage 4 canaries in 2 cages and one cage left

Is This Answer Correct ?    66 Yes 5 No

I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put..

Answer / nishanth

a. 4 canaries and 3 cages

Is This Answer Correct ?    35 Yes 3 No

I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put..

Answer / aarti

If the Options are not given. You can derive the answer
like this:

Let the number of canaries = X
number of cages = Y

According to 1st condition: X = Y+1
2nd condition: X = 2(Y-1)

=> Y+1 = 2(Y-1)
=> Y = 3
=> X = 4

Answer is 4 canaries and 3 Cages

Is This Answer Correct ?    29 Yes 5 No

I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put..

Answer / martin

as answer a is excluded, so the only possibility that when
put 2 birds in one cage we have one cage too many, which
means one cage has one bird in only .
so
5 birds 4 cages

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 14 No

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