While walking in a park, one morning, I found a Hundred Rupee note on one of the park benches. I picked it up, noted the number and took it home.

In the afternoon the plumber called on me to collect his bill. As I had no other moey at home, I settled his account with the Hundred Rupee note that I had found.

Later I came to know that the plumber paid the note to his milkman to settle his monthly account , who paid it to his tailor for the garments he had made.

The tailor in turn used the money to buy an old sewing machine, from a woman who lives in my neighbourhood. This woman incidentally, had borrowed Hundred Rupees from me sometime back to buy some household appliance. She, remembering that she owed me a Hundred Rupees, came and paid the debt.

I recognized the note as the one that I had found on the park bench, and on careful examination, I discovered that the note was counterfeit.

How much was lost in the whole transaction and by whom ?

Levik you had asked me to make a few changes in the solution of this problem and I had done that and at the same time I had asked you to check whether the changed solution is correct or not but unfortunately I did not get any replies from you regarding this. I understand that may be that you did not notice it after that or may be due to some other reasons but Please if you see this then please reply to this comment of mine and do let me know if I am supposed to make any more changes in this problem's solution. Thank You.

Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-04-02 23:00:41