I entered a store and spent one-half of the money that was in my wallet. When I came out I found that I had just as many paise as I had rupees and half as many rupees as I had paise when I went in.

How much money did I have with me when I entered the store ?

( Given: 1 Rupee = 100 Paise ).

(In reply to A different interpretation by TomM)

I do not understand TomM how can you give such answers that contain three digit numbers in the integral part and two in the decimal(which has to be there and is alright).
The problem says - ".... I had just as many paise as I had rupees and half as many rupees as I had paise ....". Then how can you put a three digit number in the paise(or cents) category ? And I don't think that the figures 199.96, 299.94,.... satisfy the conditions (the above mentioned statement) of the problem. Please do check your answers (the ones in the second comment), the first one,(that is, 99.98) is correct.

Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-03-16 21:07:45