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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $19$

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Three chickens and one duck sold for as much as two geese;

one chicken, two ducks, and three geese were sold together for $25 \shillings$

What was the price of each bird in an exact number of shillings?

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $19$. -- A Poultry Poser
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