Wonderful puzzle !

Knowledge resource 772 views 5 replies

CA Subin VR

Practicing CA

450 Points Joined August 2007

A, B, and C had to pay the room rent, Rs. 75. They share 25 Rs. each and assigns the job of payment to D. Mr. D takes the money to the owner who gives a discount of Rs 5. Happy, Mr. D had a tea for Rs. 2 and gave the balance money of Rs. 3 to A, B, and C. Per head expense for A,B, and C thn is 25-1= 24, ryt ? 24x3= 72. Add to that Rs. 2 for the tea. 72+2= 74. Where did the balance Rs. 1 go ?

Replies (5)

Sunshine

Helping All

10575 Points Joined March 2010

nope...the formatting of the question is such that it puzzles u...

see...the 72 Rs. expense is correct (24 per head)...but it includes the rs. 2 paid for tea...per head expense without tea will be 70/3..not 72/3..and

A,B and C got 1 Re. each back...so 72+ 3 = 75

GEETA MISTRY

ca final Student

171 Points Joined July 2010

i am confused......

CA ADITYA SHARMA

CA IN PRACTICE

16719 Points Joined May 2011

in this total 75 ruppes was given to d.

where D have got a discount of rs. 5 which should be returned to A<B AND c equally i.e 1.67 rupees

hence per head cost should be 25-1.67 = 23.33 rupees

in this case D HAVE DRINK THE CUP of tea which COST AB AND C less discount of .67 rupees per head

hence per head cost increased to 24= 23.33+.67 rupees

Vijay

Adamo Studio

2112 Points Joined March 2011

Originally posted by : Sunshine...
	nope...the formatting of the question is such that it puzzles u... see...the 72 Rs. expense is correct (24 per head)...but it includes the rs. 2 paid for tea...per head expense without tea will be 70/3..not 72/3..and A,B and C got 1 Re. each back...so 72+ 3 = 75

thats my point 2rs already included in 72

Dheeraj

Learner

1100 Points Joined February 2009

He He, there was a discount of Rs.5/- and after calculating 72 (correct expense), you are adding Rs.2/- for tea, which is incorrect and confusing part pf this puzzle, you have to add discount, not the expense... i.e Rs.3/- not Rs.2/-