A man goes into a store and says, " If you give me as much money as I have with me now, I will spend $10.00 in your store." The proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money. He goes into a second store and again says, "If you give me as much money as I have now, I will spend $10.00 in your store." Again, the proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money. In a third store, he repeats his proposition, the proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money. At this point, the man has no money left. How much money did this man have to begin with? Explain your answer.
Try $8.75
One way to get the answer is to work the problem backwards. He must have had $5 when entering the third store. How much would he have had when entering the second store? Call that x.
x + x - 10 = 5
x = $7.50
Now do it one more time.
After spending1/3 of his money,a man has Rs 70 left. How much money did he have first
To determine how much money the man had to begin with, let's break down the scenario step by step.
1. The man goes into the first store and says, "If you give me as much money as I have with me now, I will spend $10.00 in your store." The proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money.
2. The man goes into the second store and repeats the same proposition. The proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money, which implies that the amount given to him in the second store was the same as what he had with him after leaving the first store.
3. The same pattern follows when the man goes into the third store. He states his proposition, the proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money. This suggests that he was given the same amount as what he had after leaving the second store.
4. Finally, the man has no money left after spending in the third store. This indicates that the amount he received in the third store was his last remaining money.
Based on this analysis, we can conclude that the man had $10.00 to begin with.
To solve this problem, we need to consider the information given in the question and determine how much money the man had to begin with.
Let's break down the scenario step by step:
1. The man goes into the first store and says, "If you give me as much money as I have with me now, I will spend $10.00 in your store." The proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money.
2. Next, the man goes into the second store and repeats the same proposition. The proprietor agrees, and the man spends the money.
3. Finally, the man goes into a third store and again repeats the proposition, and the proprietor agrees. However, since the man has no money left, he cannot spend any more.
Based on this information, we can deduce the following:
- For each store, the proprietor gave the man an amount of money equal to what he already had. So, if the man had x dollars before entering a store, the proprietor gave him x dollars.
- Since the man was able to spend $10 in each store, this means that the amount given to him by the proprietor was at least $10.
Now, let's work through it step by step:
1. In the first store, the man spends $10, so he must have received $10 from the proprietor.
2. In the second store, he spends another $10, so he must have received $10 from the proprietor again.
3. In the third store, the man has no money left, so he must have received $0 from the proprietor.
From this information, we can conclude that the man had a total of $20 to start with. He received $10 from the first store and another $10 from the second store.
Therefore, the man had $20 to begin with.