72 chickens sold for *679* escudos
Source: Portugal OPM 1998 p1
May 18, 2024
number theory
Problem Statement
A chicken breeder went to check what price per chick he had charged the previous year. He found an invoice, half erased, which read: chickens sold for escudos” (the digits of the units and tens of thousands were illegible). What price did each chick sell for last year?