SOLUTION: A travelling salesman travels first to florence, then to Rome and after that to Venice. at the beginning of his journey he has a certain amount of money. in Florence he doubled his

Question 370164: A travelling salesman travels first to florence, then to Rome and after that to Venice. at the beginning of his journey he has a certain amount of money. in Florence he doubled his money and then spends 10�. in Rome he doubled his money again and then spends 10�. in Venice the same thing happens again. After this he has no money left. How much money did he have at the beginning ?
i tried it and i found that he had 8.75�
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are correct. Good work!
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