SOLUTION: Ashok spends 1/8 of the money for mangoes and 1/7 of the remaining money for sweets and then with the left over money, he goes to a bakery and spends 1/6 of the money to buy bread
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Question 1043680: Ashok spends 1/8 of the money for mangoes and 1/7 of the remaining money for sweets and then with the left over money, he goes to a bakery and spends 1/6 of the money to buy bread for his father and with the remaining money, he spends 1/5 and buys flowers for his sister and from the amount left over, he buys a cricket ball by spending 1/4 of the amount. Now, he is left with 48. How much money Ashok had at the beginning?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He starts with amount of money
Ashok spends 1/8 of the money for mangoes
That leaves him with
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and 1/7 of the remaining money for sweets
That leaves him with:
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He spends 1/6 of the money to buy bread for his father
That leaves him with:
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He spends 1/5 and buys flowers for his sister
That leaves him with:
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He buys a cricket ball by spending 1/4 of the amount.
That leaves him with:
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Ashok had 128 at the beginning
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check answer:
Ashok spends 1/8 of the money for mangoes
That leaves him with
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and 1/7 of the remaining money for sweets
That leaves him with:
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He spends 1/6 of the money to buy bread for his father
That leaves him with:
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He spends 1/5 and buys flowers for his sister
That leaves him with:
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He buys a cricket ball by spending 1/4 of the amount.
That leaves him with:
He is left with 48
OK
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