9.
If a farmer had 17 sheep in total, and all but nine died, then the answer to this riddle would be nine, since it states that all but nine have perished. It does not state that "nine died" because it has the key word "but" in it - that will often throw the riddled person off if he or she is not listening to the riddler, thinking that nine died, not eight, which is what occurred.
9 sheep will live as it states all but 9 sheep die
9 sheep left."all but 9 die"means all seep die except 9
17
Nine sheep.
it says 'alll but 9 sheep died' which means all the sheep except for 9 died, so there are 9 left.
12 sheep because all but 12 sheep die!!!!
He is left with nine alive sheeps
None, all but 9 CATTLE died.
Nine, of course
9
17-9=8
Ans:8
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nine because all but nine died
None , because it was quoted in the question ' A farmer " had" 25 sheep '
the farmer had 15 animals in the farm, and if all but 9 sheep died then 9 sheep would be left, equaling 9 animals in total.
Seven.
9 live and the rest die look at the question carefully and you'll find the answer.
9.
9,000!
The farmer has eight cows, since all but that many died.
9
well how many sheep does a farmer have
If you red the question carefully, you can see that it clearly says ALL BUT 7. So, 12 sheep died, leaving 7 left.