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Out of cows, one worth was removed and a horse was taken in. If their average price is thereby increased by , then the price of the horse is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
    None of the above

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Let the price of the horse be .
The total number of animals remains unchanged at .

The net increase in the total value of all animals combined is:



The difference in value between the incoming horse and the outgoing cow accounts entirely for this total increase:



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Out of cows, one worth was removed and a horse was taken in. If their average price is thereby increased by , then the price of the horse is
A
B
C
D
None of the above

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