105. The Farmer's Task. A certain farmer must buy 100 heads of cattle for 100 dollars. If each calf costs 10 dollars, each lamb 3, and each piglet 0.5 dollars, then how many calves, lambs, and piglets will the farmer buy?
105. The average cost of one head of cattle is 1 dollar. The cost of each calf differs from the average by +9 dollars, each lamb by +2 dollars, and each piglet by $-\frac{1}{2}$ dollar. Therefore, for each calf, the farmer must buy 18 piglets, and for each lamb, 4 piglets. Consequently, since $5(1+18)+(1+4)=100$, he must buy 5 calves, 1 lamb, and 94 piglets.

[B. E. Mitchell, M. M., 26, 153 (January 1953).]