Men and Horses

In a stable, there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable




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Below, you will find the mathematical proof that 10 equals 9.99999?. But is that possible or there is something wrong about it? Can you find the error?

x = 9.999999...
10x = 99.999999...
10x - x = 90
9x = 90
x = 10

Asked by Neha on 27 Aug 2021


There is a straight highway. Four different villages lie on that highway. The distance between them is different. The third village is 60km away from the first village; the fourth is 40 km away from the second; the third is 10 km near to the fourth that it is to the second.

Can you calculate the distance between the fourth and the first village ?

Asked by Neha on 23 Mar 2023

You have $100 with you and you have to buy 100 balls with it. 100 is the exact figure and you can't go below or above the numbers and you have to use the entire $100. If there is no kind of tax applied how many of each of the following balls will you be able to buy:

Green Balls costing $6
Yellow Balls costing $3
Black Balls costing $0.10

Now, how many of each must you buy to fulfil the condition given?

Asked by Neha on 30 Jul 2023


Replace the question mark with the correct number in below Picture:

Replace the Number

Asked by Neha on 30 May 2021

In a competitive exam, each correct answer could win you 10 points and each wrong answer could lose you 5 points. You sat in the exam and answered all the 20 questions, which were given in the exam.
When you checked the result, you scored 125 marks on the test.

Can you calculate how many answers given by you were wrong?

Asked by Neha on 08 Apr 2025

Look at this sequence from top to bottom. What is the next number in the sequence?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211

Asked by Neha on 24 Sep 2021


A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?

Asked by Neha on 02 Mar 2022

I am a prime number.
The double of myself is equal to the square of me.

which number am I?

Asked by Neha on 18 Jan 2025

Cristina learnt how to ride a horse recently. Just to test her skills, she rode the horse from her home to a mine which she covered in three minutes and returned home from the same path only this time she took four minutes. The reason was that while riding away from home, she was supported by the wind however while riding back, she was riding against the wind.

How fast do you think she could have ridden a mile if there was no wind?

Asked by Neha on 24 Oct 2026


John drives to his office at 20km/hr. After reaching the office, he realizes that today is a holiday. He went back at an average speed of 30km/hr. Discounting the time spent in the stoppage what was the average speed of his journey?

Asked by Neha on 21 Apr 2025

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