Question

At a farm, the ratio of the number of chickens to the number of sheep's was 5:2 after the farmer sold 15 chickens, there was an equal number of chickens and sheep how many chickens and sheep were there at the farm in the end?

please answer it step by step in a simple way thank you appreciate it ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

At first, chicken : rabbit = 5:2 =5k:2k

Difference between number of chicken and rabbit =3k

3k=15

k=5

Ans: 2k + 2k = 2(5) +2(5) = 20