In article <0lSUj.73$HK1.23@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Martin
<martin.wilkins50@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please can you help solve this problem from a psychometric test (had 2
> minutes to solve it).
>
> Does it resolve to a simultaneous equation?
>
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>
> Bill has $30.00 more than Alan, but then Alan wins some money on the
> Lottery and trebles his money which now means he has $20.00 more than
> original amount of money that the two men had between them.
>
> How much money did Bill and Alan have between them before Alan's win?
>
> ------------------
>
> Please try to forgive me if I have put this post on the wrong newsgroup!
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
>
> Martin.
The first phrase says B = A + 30. The second phrase says
3A = A + B + 20.
A little cranking and A + B = 130 (A = 50, B = 80)
--
Paul Sperry
Columbia, SC (USA)
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