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How many bunnies and contestants were in the contest?

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Several contestants are in a chocolate-bunny eating contest. After 20 minutes of stuffing their faces, all of the bunnies have been eaten. One of the contestants remarks, "Isn't it interesting that there were 7 times as many bunnies as contestants, but that each of us ate a different number of bunnies?" Another contestant replies, "That certainly is interesting. I always eat the ears first and I noticed that when we had eaten a third of the bunnies that there were 4 fewer than 10 times as many bunny ears as human noses in the contest."

How many bunnies and contestants were in the contest?

posted Mar 30, 2015 by Mridul

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42 bunnies and 6 contestants.

answer Mar 30, 2016 by Varun Kumar



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