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Farmer Brown originally had three separate pens—pen A, pen B, and pen C—each containing only one type of animal: cows, sheep, and pigs respectively. One day, his nephew accidentally released all the animals from these pens, resulting in a mixed group of animals in each pen. Despite the animals being mixed, each pen still contained the same total number of animals as before, and specific relational constraints about the animals' distribution were observed. The problem asks to determine how the number of cows in pen B compares with the number of cows in pen C.

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To analyze this problem, it is essential to understand the initial conditions and the constraints following the accidental release of animals. Initially, each pen held only one type of animal: Cow in Pen A, Sheep in Pen B, and Pigs in Pen C, with all pens containing the same number of animals. After the incident, the animals mixed within each pen, but each pen still housed the same total number of animals as before. The constraints provided include relational and proportional conditions on the number of animals of each type within particular pens:

• The number of pigs in Pen A equals the number of pigs in Pen B.
• The number of sheep in Pen A equals the number of sheep in Pen C.
• The number of sheep in Pen A is two-thirds the number of pigs in Pen A.

The key focus is on the distribution of cows in Pen B and Pen C after the animals mixed. Since initially, Pen A only had cows, and Pen B only sheep, and Pen C only pigs, the redistribution constraints are vital. The problem does not directly specify the relationships involving cows except indirectly through the total counts and the constraints relating sheep and pigs. The overarching goal is to compare the number of cows in Pen B and Pen C to each other.

From the information, we recognize that the number of pigs in Pen A equals that in Pen B, and the number of sheep in Pen A equals that in Pen C. Moreover, the number of sheep in Pen A is two-thirds the number of pigs in Pen A. These relationships imply proportional distributions among different animals in mixed pens, even after the animals were freed and mixed.

Since we know initial conditions that each pen had only one type of animal, and after mixing, the total remains the same but animals are now distributed across pens, the total number of animals per pen is crucial. Let the total number of animals in each pen after mixing be N. For each pen, the sum of the numbers of cows, sheep, and pigs must equal N.

Let us define variables for the counts in Pen B and Pen C, as these are central to answering the question:

• Let the number of cows in Pen B be C_b.
• Let the number of cows in Pen C be C_c.

Initially, Pen B contained only sheep, and Pen C only pigs, so after redistribution, these categories are mixed, but their original quantities are related through the constraints. Since the problem emphasizes how the distributions of sheep and pigs relate, and asks for the comparison of cows in Pen B and C, we need to understand how many cows could logically be in the pens, given the constraints.

Considering the total number of animals in each pen is constant at N, and other relationships, the distribution of cows in Pen B and Pen C should reflect the overall mixing process, respecting the total counts and the given proportional relations. The constraints suggest that the number of sheep and pigs in certain pens are tightly linked, but the initial absence of cows from those pens indicates that the number of cows must have come from the original Cow pen, Pen A.

Given that the problem does not directly restrict the number of cows in Pen B and C, but rather provides proportional relationships between sheep and pigs, the logical conclusion given typical problem structures and symmetry is: If the initial pens only contained one animal type each, and after mixing, the total animals per pen remained the same, then the number of cows in Pen B depends on the initial number of cows and the redistribution pattern. Since cows only initially resided in Pen A, and it is not indicated that cows moved into pens B or C, the most straightforward inference is that cows are only in Pen A, and not in pens B or C.

Hence, the number of cows in Pen B and Pen C would be zero, as the initial distribution and the constraints suggest that cows did not disperse into pens B or C during or after mixing, or if cows moved, their distribution would be uniform, implying the same number—most likely zero—since only Pen A initially contained cows. Therefore, the number of cows in Pen B is equal to the number of cows in Pen C, which is zero.

In conclusion, based on the constraints and the initial distribution, the number of cows in Pen B and Pen C is the same, and both are zero, making them equal.

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