Answer
:
Farmer Rouse sent
exactly 101
geese to
market.
Jabez first
sold Mr.
Jasper Tyler half of the flock and half a goose over (that is,
50-½ +
½, or 51 geese, leaving 50); he then sold Farmer Avent a
third of what
remained and a third of a goose over (that is, 16-2/3 + 1/3, or 17
geese,
leaving 33).
He then sold Widow
Foster a quarter of what
remained and
three-quarters of a goose over (that is, 8-1/4 + 3/4 or 9 geese,
leaving
24); he next sold Ned Collier a fifth of what he had left and gave him
a
fifth of a goose "for the missus" (that is, 4-4/5 + 1/5 or 5 geese,
leaving 19).
He then took these 19
back to his
master.
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