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Puzzle ZPEQ 


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I was quite bored yesterday, so I visited my local animal sanctuary.

To pass the time, I counted 612 legs.

This came from an equal number of beetles, spiders, and mice.

Can you work out the total number of animals I counted?

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Answer
102 animals, 34 of each.

Reasoning
As there are the same number of each animal, for every beetle, spider, and mouse counted, there are a total of 18 legs.

612 ÷ 18 = 34 of each animal.

Which gives a total of 34 x 3 = 102 animals.

 

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