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A person with some money spends 1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travel. He is left with Rs 100/-. How much did he have with him in the beginning?

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Karthik Pandiyan  (13 years ago)

Ans:250
Let intial amt be x
He spents 1/3 for cloths =x/3 and remaining amt be 2x/3
He spents 1/5 of remaining for food =(2x/3)/5 = 2x/15 and remaining amt be 8x/15
He spents 1/4 of remaining for cloths =(8x/15)/4= 2x/15 and remaining amt be 6x/15
Given remaining amt at last 6x/15 =100
x=250

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madhuri  (13 years ago)

Ans is Rs.250/-

let the money he have with him in the beginning be x
theerfore, (x/3)+(y/5)+(z/4)+100=x
here y=2x/3
z=4y/5=8x/15
hence (x/3)+(2x/15)+(8x/60)+100=x
x-(36x/60)=100
x=250
the amount of money he had with him in the beginning is Rs.250/-

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Ankit  (12 years ago)

the answer is 250 right approach
the other way is 2 sum all the expanses and then add them and subtract from initial ........ but it is the easy approach

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Smita  (13 years ago)

250

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navati  (13 years ago)

250 rupees.............
suppose initially x rupees are there....... so
x-(x/3+((2x/3)/5)+((8x)/4))=100....from this x=250...

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pavan kumar  (12 years ago)

x/3+x/5+x/4+100=x
yhen x=461.53846

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