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A2H GO
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5th Mar 13 at 15:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Irene bought some school supplies. In the first shop she spent half the money she had plus £6. In the second shop she spent one-third of what was left plus £6. In the last shop she spent one-fourth of what was left and came home with £6. How much did she start out with?

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£54
Stu
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http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1330357260
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She started with x

after store 1, she had x/2-6
after store 2, she had (x/2-6)* 2/3 - 6
after store 3, she had ((x/2-6)* 2/3 - 6)* 3/4 = 6

((x/3)-4-6)* 3/4 = 6
(x/3 - 10) = 8
x/3 - 10 = 8
x/3 = 18
x = 54

So, she started out with £54
At store 1, she spent 27+6 = 33, leaving £21
At store 2, she spent 7+6=13, leaving £8
At store 3 she spent 2, leaving £6
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Didn't realise they'd had it off the net

Ah well confirms my answer's right.
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quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Didn't realise they'd had it off the net

Ah well confirms my answer's right.


Yeah, yeah
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One fourth?

En Englaise sil vous plait.
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Yeah that confirms my answer was right too.
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I thought algebra was useless and never used in every day life?
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noone (bar me) in my office got the following correct yesterday but I work with a bunch of 'tards:

1+1+1+1+1
1+1+1+1+1
1+1x0+1 = ?

[Edited on 05-03-2013 by LiVe LeE]
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5,5,1?
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there's only 1 answer
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How are the 3 lines connected?
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It's separated on 3 lines for some reason...the answer is 0 .
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That's the point; the lines have nothing to do with one another, the only equation is the last line and the answer (using BODMAS) is 2

In the office I had one guy tell me that 12x0 = 12
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
noone (bar me) in my office got the following correct yesterday but I work with a bunch of 'tards:

1+1+1+1+1
1+1+1+1+1
1+1x0+1 = ?

[Edited on 05-03-2013 by LiVe LeE]


I presume you mean 1+1+1+1....x0+1=?

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Originally posted by ashleh
It's separated on 3 lines for some reason...the answer is 0 .


No its not. The answer is 1.... Or 12 if you want to be awkward.

[Edited on 05-03-2013 by neil h]
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Tell Irene she should get receipts then she would bloody well know herself and save everyone the hassle
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5th Mar 13 at 17:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
noone (bar me) in my office got the following correct yesterday but I work with a bunch of 'tards:

1+1+1+1+1
1+1+1+1+1
1+1x0+1 = ?

[Edited on 05-03-2013 by LiVe LeE]


30?

if you line it up on one line you actually get:

1+1+1+1+11+1+1+1+11+1x0+1

then using bodmas it would be 30?


[Edited on 05-03-2013 by VINCEYBOY]
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5th Mar 13 at 17:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by VINCEYBOY
30?


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quote:
Originally posted by Balling
quote:
Originally posted by VINCEYBOY
30?


yeah there are actually 11s look above. ^^^
A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Didn't realise they'd had it off the net

Ah well confirms my answer's right.


Yeah, yeah


I got it by trial and error, none of that algebra shiz.
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That's not how a line break works.
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quote:
Originally posted by Balling
That's not how a line break works.


having a random bunch of 1+1+1+... above a sum is also not how it works!
So what is the answer? lol
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I think 1
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Jesus wept...
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
the lines have nothing to do with one another, the only equation is the last line and the answer (using BODMAS) is 2

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