document.write( "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. \n" ); document.write( "

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If the lady ends up with a dollar, then before that she had 1+3(bus fare) dollars, or $4.
\n" ); document.write( "Before that, 1/2 on a book, or $8;
\n" ); document.write( "8+$2 tip=10;
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 on lunch, or twice 10=20;
\n" ); document.write( "$1 to a beggar +20=$21;
\n" ); document.write( "Twice 21, or 42, represents what she had before buying hankies, gives us $42 as what she started out with. ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( "

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