A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11. What were the four prices? (Do NOT count sales tax.)

I saw the solution that some of you found, but I'm curious about your method. Was it trial and error, or did you have some plan? I tried some plans, and they didn't work out, so I'm curious about how others approached this problem.

Later!

Posted by nikki on 2003-07-11 13:40:42