document.write( "Question 1042915: A lady went shopping and spent half of what she had on buying hankies and gave a rupee to a beggar waiting outside the shop. She spent half of the remaining amount on a book and three dollars on bus fare. 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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You're mixing dollars and rupees. Most of us are from the US.
\n" ); document.write( "We have dollars not rupees. We don't know the exchange rate between
\n" ); document.write( "rupees and dollars. Maybe you have dollars in your country, too.
\n" ); document.write( "But our dollars and your dollars are different. We would have to know
\n" ); document.write( "how many of your rupees are in your dollars or vice-versa. \n" ); document.write( "

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