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A and B are two friends, together they go out for shopping. A buys a hat and a suit,
all together A spends 15 rupees. B buys a hat which costs same as the suit bought by
A. B even buys a dress which cost her one rupee less than the cost of hat bought by A.
B says to A that "If at all I had bought my hat by spending one and half times the
money u spent on buying your hat, we both would have spent the same amount on buying
our items(together, i.e., 15 rupees).
(a) what is the cost of hat bought by A.
(b) The money A and B apent together.
Lets say A spent x and y rupees on hat and suit respectively.
from the conditions we can say B spent y and x-1 rupees on hat and dress respectively.
From what B told to A we can write that.....
=> x + y = 15 = (3/2)x + (x-1)
=> (3/2)x + (x-1) = 15
=> (5/2)x - 1 = 15
=> (5/2)x = 16
=> x = 16 * (2/5)
=> x = 32/5 = Rupees 6.40 paise
(a) answer is 6.40 Rupees.
(b) Total A alone spent = x+y =15.
B spent = y + (x-1) = (x+y)-1 = 15-1 = 14 Rupees.

So, together they spent = 15 + 14 = 29 Rupees.
answer is 29 Rupees.



  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: April 23, 2007     Asked by: Beena 
  
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April 23, 2007 14:35:52   
neha verma        

RE: A and B are two friends, together they go out for ...
in ur equation (3/2)x + (x-1)
you havnt considered da cost of suit bought by A

 
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