Canary Conundrum

I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have

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March 13th, 2010 | Category: Animals, Brain Riddle, Real Life, Word Riddles |  Email This Riddle

4 guesses to Canary Conundrum

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• Roolstar

  March 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM

  4 Canaries and 3 cages…

  I thinnk 5 canaries and 4 cages would technically work too…

• carole

  March 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM

  you have 4 birds 3 cages,

• dude

  March 17, 2010 at 1:22 PM

  You’re right!
  Four birds and three cages is the correct answer.
  Carole and Rool, you’re today’s winners!!!

• bob gambo

  April 24, 2015 at 9:21 AM

  Not a guess, a solution
  x= number of canaries y= number of cages
  1 in each cage 1 bird too many so x – 1 = y
  2 in each cage 1 cage too many so (x/2)+ 1 = y
  so x-1=(x/2)+1 times both sides by 2 to get 2x-2=x+2
  subt x from both sides, add 2 to both sides x=4 y=4-1=3
  4 cannaries and 3 cages