A dull witted farmer decided to count sheep by first counting their legs He counted 456 legs and - Maths - Ratio and Proportion

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A dull witted farmer decided to count sheep by first counting their
legs He counted 456 legs and reasoned that he had 113 sheep
Assuming each sheep had 4 legs , was he correct ?

Priyanka Kedia · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

Given, each sheep has 4 legs and total number of legs=456 legsSo, number of sheeps=4564=114 sheepsThus, farmer was not correct because there were 114 sheeps

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A dull witted farmer decided to count sheep by first counting their legs . He counted 456 legs and reasoned that he had 113 sheep . Assuming each sheep had 4 legs , was he correct ?