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How many cages and canaries does he have?

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Jayesh owns a pet store.
He puts one canary per cage, but has one bird too many.
If he puts two canaries in each cage, he has one cage too many.
How many cages and canaries does he have?

posted Nov 22, 2021 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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