Q.1.6 - A First Course in Probability

Question

A well-known nursery rhyme starts as follows: “As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens...” How many kittens did the traveler meet 

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Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

The number of kittens did the traveler meet is 2401 kittens

Step 1.Given information

Here we have to find the number of kittens from the given statements 

Step 2. Finding the number of kittens

Based on the question a traveler met a man with 7 wives.

Each wife had 7 sacks, total sacks =$7\times 7=49$ sacks

Each sack had 7 cats, then total cats=$49\times 7=343 cats$ 

Each cat has 7 kitten means. total kitten=$343\times 7=2401 kittens$