SOLUTION: a lady went to a shopping mall and spent half of what she had by buying hankies and gave a dollar to a beggar outside the shop. she spent half of what was left for lunch and foll

Question 1041347: a lady went to a shopping mall and spent half of what she had by buying hankies and gave a dollar to a beggar outside the shop. she spent half of what was left for lunch and followed that up with 2$ tip. she spent half of remaining amount on a book and three dollar on bus fair. when she reached home she found that she had exactly one dollar left. how much money did she start with.
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the lady ends up with a dollar, then before that she had 1+3(bus fare) dollars, or $4.
Before that, 1/2 on a book, or $8;
8+$2 tip=10;
1/2 on lunch, or twice 10=20;
$1 to a beggar +20=$21;
Twice 21, or 42, represents what she had before buying hankies, gives us $42 as what she started out with. ☺☺☺☺
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