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Counting Stamps (Posted on 2003-03-06)

My friend Charles works in a post office and he sells stamps. One day a man walked in and slamming seventy five rupees on the counter requested,

"Please give me some 2 rupees stamps, six times as many one rupee stamps, and for the rest of the amount make up some 5 rupee stamps."

Charles thought for a few moments and finally she handed over the exact fulfilment of the order to the man.

How did he do it and how many stamps of each type did he give to the man ?

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

Rating: 2.8182 (11 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2022-12-23 06:16:16
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2021-12-24 07:58:00
re: Totally unrelated , but interesting	Math Man	2011-07-10 11:51:19
Stamps	Math Man	2011-07-10 11:48:43
Stamp Thoughts	K Sengupta	2008-03-15 11:04:48
re(4): Totally unrelated , but interesting	Bret	2005-08-24 03:07:09
re(3): Totally unrelated , but interesting	Hugo	2004-12-23 10:43:31
re(2): Totally unrelated , but interesting	Syzygy	2004-12-23 10:19:03
re: Totally unrelated , but interesting	Hugo	2004-12-23 08:45:07
Totally unrelated , but interesting	Syzygy	2004-12-22 15:05:56
another easy one	Billy Bob	2004-03-28 10:57:00
Solution	Lewis	2003-07-06 04:49:14
The easy way	Gamer	2003-07-03 05:56:27
re: postage	Erlys	2003-03-11 17:43:32
Let's Try This Out For Size	Marc	2003-03-09 08:16:21
No Subject	olga	2003-03-08 12:26:43
No Subject	Kyra Kelly	2003-03-08 09:20:54
Postage	Adam	2003-03-08 05:31:40
re(2): postage	Ravi Raja	2003-03-07 03:35:42
re: postage	Charlie	2003-03-06 03:54:22
postage	Nick Murray	2003-03-06 02:35:38

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