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Originally Posted by HELP
A confused bank teller transposed the dollars and cents when he cashed a check for Ms Smith, giving her dollars instead of cents and cents instead of dollars. After buying a newspaper for 50 cents, Ms Smith noticed that she had left exactly three times as much as the original check. What was the amount of the check?
(Note: 1 dollar = 100 cents.)
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i think the check must be of $75
It could be solved like this :
let check was of $x (taking it in cents)
x-(50/100)= amount left = check amount/3
so ,
(x-0.5)=x/3
3x-1.5 =x
x=1.5/2
x= .75
