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 ).

I interpreted the problem to be:
1)when you went in, you had twice as many R than P or R=2P
2)when you left, you had just as many P as R or R=P
3)you spent half of your money at the store

My solution was: 404R and 202P when entering (406.o2 total); 201R and 201P when leaving (203.01 total)

After reading your solution, I accept that I misunderstood the wording. Just letting you know my interpretation.

Posted by Hank on 2003-04-09 07:02:49