Chickens

Chickens.java

/**
 * https://plus.google.com/114134834346472219368/posts/CR1ZoNe9ojQ
 *
 * Three farmers were selling chickens at the local market.
 * One farmer had 10 chickens to sell, another had 16 chickens to sell,
 * and the last had 26 chickens to sell. In order not to compete with
 * each other, they agreed to all sell their chickens at the same price.
 * But by lunchtime, they decided that sales were not going so well,
 * and they all decided to lower their prices to the same lower price point.
 * By the end of the day, they had sold all their chickens.
 * It turned out that they all collected the same amount of money,
 * $35, from the day's chicken sales.
 *
 * What was the price of the chickens before lunchtime and after lunchtime?
 */
public class Chickens {

    public static final int TOTAL_INTAKE = 3500; // in cents
    public static final int TOTAL_CHICKENS_A = 10;
    public static final int TOTAL_CHICKENS_B = 16;
    public static final int TOTAL_CHICKENS_C = 26;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        LOOP:
        for (int i = 0; i <= TOTAL_CHICKENS_A; i++) {
            int j = TOTAL_CHICKENS_A - i;

            for (int k = 0; k <= TOTAL_CHICKENS_B; k++) {
                int l = TOTAL_CHICKENS_B - k;

                for (int m = 0; m <= TOTAL_CHICKENS_C; m++) {
                    int n = TOTAL_CHICKENS_C - m;

                    for (int x = 1; x <= TOTAL_INTAKE; x++) {
                        for (int y = 1; y < x; y++) {
                            if (
                                    i * x + j * y == TOTAL_INTAKE &&
                                    k * x + l * y == TOTAL_INTAKE &&
                                    m * x + n * y == TOTAL_INTAKE
                            ) {
                                System.out.println(String.format("First price was %.2f$, and then %.2f$", x / 100.0, y / 100.0));
                                System.out.println(String.format("Farmer A sold %d, and then %d chickens", i, j));
                                System.out.println(String.format("Farmer B sold %d, and then %d chickens", k, l));
                                System.out.println(String.format("Farmer C sold %d, and then %d chickens", m, n));
                                break LOOP;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}