SOLUTION: Solomon went to the shopping centre to buy supplies for his mathematics project. He spent half of what he had plus R2 in the first shop, half of what he then had plus R1 in the sec
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Question 1052689: Solomon went to the shopping centre to buy supplies for his mathematics project. He spent half of what he had plus R2 in the first shop, half of what he then had plus R1 in the second shop, half of what he then had plus R1 in the third shop and in the fourth shop half of all he had left. Three rands was left. How much money did he start with?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, advanced_Learner:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He starts with .
First shop, he spends .
He has left over.
Second shop, he spends
So he now has left over.
Third shop, he spends
So he now has left
Fourth shop, he spends
So now he has,
So now set that equal to 3, and solve for X.
Answer by advanced_Learner(501) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solomon went to the shopping centre to buy supplies for his mathematics project. He spent half of what he had plus R2 in the first shop, half of what he then had plus R1 in the second shop, half of what he then had plus R1 in the third shop and in the fourth shop half of all he had left. Three rands was left. How much money did he start with?
let
be what he started with then.
First shop .
remaining .
Second shop
remaining now .
Third shop
remaining
Fourth shop
remaing now ,
check
64
first shop 32+2 now remaing
30 remaining
second shop 15+1 now remaing
14
third shop 7+1
now remaing 6
fourth shop he spent half of 6 which is 3
and remainder is 3
checks!!
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