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Smith, Jones and Brown were great friends. After Brown's wife died, his niece kept house for him. Smith was also a widower, and lived with his daughter. When Jones got married, he and his wife suggested that they all live together. Each one of the party (male and female) was to contribute $25.00 on the first of the month for household expenses, and what remained at the end of the month was to be equally divided.

The first month's expenses were $92.00. When the remainder was distributed, each received an even number of dollars without fractions. How much money did each receive, and why?

  Submitted by Happy    
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Mrs. Jones was the daughter of Smith and the niece of Brown, so there were but four persons. $100 was contributed, $92 spent, and each received $2 in the distribution.

(Origin: Sam Loyd)

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SolutionSolution To The ProblemK Sengupta2007-04-10 15:44:32
It took me 5 secs. Difficult.Louise2003-01-24 08:02:42
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