Puzzle Contest-150

[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.)

[Sudhani]

Check Amt : $18.56

[zacc]

can someone explain how thie is got?

[deesam]

pls xplain it more clearly

[veki789]

I argue those who have posted the solution to please explain it clearly in steps.

Posting just a result will not help here.

Try helping others.............

[kamal_tyagi]

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