A mule and a donkey were carrying full sacks on their backs. The mule started complaining that his load was too heavy. The donkey said to him "Why are you complaining? If you gave me one of your sacks I'd have double what you have and if I give you one of my sacks we'd have an even amount." How many sacks were each of them carrying?

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written by Anu M Jithu, September 14, 2007

Ans:
Mule-5
Donkey-7

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written by bhumika chaturvedi, September 17, 2007

mule-5
donkey-7

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written by ER.Tarun, September 18, 2007

yup!
mule=5
donkey=7

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written by Er amit patidar, September 19, 2007

mule-5
donkey-7

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written by Vivek Bavdhane, September 23, 2007

Mule - 5
Donkey - 7

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written by pyneni narendra kumar, September 25, 2007

Mule:2
Donkey:1

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written by impessa, September 25, 2007

mule 3
dokey 5

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written by mike, September 26, 2007

mule - 5
donkey - 7

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written by praveena90, September 26, 2007

mule 5
donkey 7

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written by priyan, September 28, 2007

Mule has 3 and donkey has 5sacks .when mule gives 1,donkey's load becomes 6 which is double of 3.(note the statement "double of what u have").when the donkey gives 1,it becomes 4 and the mule gets 1 in addition to 3.Now it becomes an even amont.

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written by prabs25, October 01, 2007

Mule 4
donley 2

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written by gokavarapu, October 01, 2007

mule-3
donkey-3

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written by Paresh Jain Songir, October 03, 2007

mule -5
donkey -7
Or
mule -1
donkey -2

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written by geetha, October 11, 2007

mule 5
donkey 7

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written by deepak, October 16, 2007

donkey 3
mule 1

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written by deepak, October 16, 2007

sorry donkey-7 and mule 5

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written by Shilpika, October 17, 2007

Main kyun batao... agar main bata dungi, to tumhe pata chal jayega.....

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written by rampri, October 18, 2007

mule=5
donkey=7

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written by kalpana, October 18, 2007

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written by s.srikanth, October 19, 2007

mule=x,dnky=y
2(x-1)=(y)..=> 2x-2=y,,,=>2x-y=2
y-1=x => y-x=1...
solving =>> y=3,,x=2..

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written by s.srikanth, October 19, 2007

let mule=x,dnky=y
2(x-1)=(y 1)...=> 2x-2=y 1,,,=>2x-y=3
y-1=x 1 => y-x=2...
solving =>> y=7,,x=5..

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written by sasas, October 20, 2007

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written by bhagyalakshmi, October 26, 2007

mule=5
donkey=7

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written by ameer, October 28, 2007

mule-5
donkey-7
is right answer.

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written by shaswati das, November 05, 2007

mule-5
donkey-7

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written by Dipendra, November 06, 2007

Mule-5
Donkey-7

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written by vickky, November 08, 2007

mule=======3
doncky=====5

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written by ZoRo, November 08, 2007

i think all of my friends r right at their position. But tell me one thing that, first u give the answer for the question. why r u ask to us about "doncky"?

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written by vasudha_s, November 08, 2007

dis can b eassily solved by forming simultaneous equations

2(x-1)=y 1
x 1=y-1

solving these..we get x=5 & y=7.

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written by sujatha, November 13, 2007

mule have 3
donkey have 5

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written by Karthikeyan K V, November 19, 2007

Mule Has 4
Donkey 5

if mule gives one, donkey has 6 & mule 3.
if donkey gives one, both have 4sacks equally.

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written by bharath kumar reddy s, July 23, 2008

mule have 5
donkey have 7

why because mule give 1 to donkey then donkey has 8 and mule have 4 i.e. double. If donkey give 1 to mule mule have 6 i.e is even number and equal to donkey have.

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written by vipin, July 24, 2008

mule 5 donkey 7

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written by dolly, July 25, 2008

mule 3 ,donkey 5

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written by suvarchala, August 06, 2008

mule-3
donkey-5

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written by madhvi, August 09, 2008

let donkey sacks=x
Mule sacks=y
acc to 1st condition,
x-1=y 1
2nd condition
x 1=2(y-1)
on solving these two eqns,we get
x=7
y=5
hence,donkey sacks=7
Mule sacks=5

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written by srinivas meesala, August 14, 2008

mule---------->3
donkey--------->3

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written by dayal, August 22, 2008

maule=3
donkey=5 ;

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written by mohitsuryavanshi, September 14, 2008

mule=5
donkey=7

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written by Shabab, September 19, 2008

Donkey - x ,Mule - y
x 1=2(y-1)
x-1=y 1

means
x-2y=-3
x-y=2

means
-y=-5
y=5
x=y 2 = 7

so Donkey - 7
Mule - 5

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written by prasanth krishna, September 20, 2008

mule = 9
donkey = 15

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written by kamal, September 29, 2008

Mule-5
Donkey-7

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written by Muthukrishna, October 15, 2008

Mule-5
donkey-7
if mule gave one sack,then it has 4 and the don will have (2*4)8. if don gave one,then it has 6 and also the mule with 6 sacks. Diff combinations may come.try it.

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written by kannaki, October 18, 2008

mule=5
donkey=7

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written by vidya palkar, October 18, 2008

mule 4
donkey 5

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written by suhani, October 31, 2008

mule ke pas 7 rahege aur danki ke pas 5

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written by vidyasagarvv, November 07, 2008

mule -----> 3 then donkey ----> 3

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written by NaveenKishore, November 07, 2008

mule=3
donkey=5

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written by S. Mohammed Rafeeq Raja, November 08, 2008

mule=x, donkey=y..

accc to condn.1 ---- 2(x-1)=y 1
=> 2x-y=3 - 1
acc to condn.2 ----- x 1=y-1
=> -x y=2 - 2

solv eqn 1 & 2
2x-y=3
-x y=2

x=5

app x=5 in eqn 2
so y=7

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written by sans.sunny, November 21, 2008

mule 3
donkey 5

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written by sham2, November 24, 2008

donky-7 mule-5

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written by Vijay_Sonani, January 06, 2009

MULE = 5

DONKEY = 7

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written by kk4kk, April 10, 2009

initially mule - 1 donkey -1

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written by Parewh, July 29, 2009

MULE = 5

DONKEY = 7
When donkey give to 1 than it has 6 & mule has 6
when mule give to 1 than it has 4 & dunkey has 8

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written by kpatelseo, October 13, 2009

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written by Shashank Vats, November 02, 2009

donkey ws carryin 4 sacks..
n mule ws carryin 3 sacks..
assumin donkey carries 'y' sacks n mule 'x'..
the 2 equations are..
y=2(x-1)
y-1=x

solving thm gvs the result..

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written by Shashank Vats, November 02, 2009

well the actual answr is this..
the abv 1 ws the solutn,,wat brain teaser team wantd us 2 gv..!!
donkey ws carryin 7 sacks..
n mule ws carryin 5 sacks..
assumin donkey carries 'y' sacks n mule 'x'..
the 2 equations are..
y 1=2(x-1)
y-1=x 1

solving thm gvs the result..

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written by shailendra wahane, February 03, 2010

Donkey =5 bags
mule=3bags
D=x,m=y
when donkey gives 1 bag the load becomes equal therefore equate x-1=0
x=1 & when mule gives 1 bag donkeys load doubles
i.e 2x=y-1
D=5,m=3

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written by Sandhya Sreekarla, February 05, 2010

Donkey carrying 7 bags
Mule carrying 5 bags
1)If Mule gives one bag to donkey then donkey get double of mule.
Mule(5-1)=4, Donkey(7 1)=8
Mule bags= 2* Donkey bags
2) if donkey gives one bag to Mule they both have the same
Donkey(7-1)=6, Mule(5 1)=6
Donkey Bags=Mule Bags
I think you may understood

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written by hamsa devi, February 10, 2010

mule 3
donkey 5

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