Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/3 - Dollars and Cents
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $3$
- Dollars and Cents
- An American correspondent tells me that a man went into a store and spent one-half of the money that was in his pocket.
- When he came out he found that he had just as many cents as he had dollars when he went in
- and half as many dollars as he had cents when he went in.
- How much money did he have on him when he entered?
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Also see
- Pocket-money, which follows exactly the same pattern.
Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $3$. -- Dollars and Cents
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $2$. Dollars and Cents