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find out amount of aishwariya rai's cheque?

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Aishwarya Rai walks into a bank to cash out her cheque.
By mistake the bank teller gives her dollar amount in change, and her cent amount in dollars.
On the way home she spends 5 cent, and then suddenly she notices that she has twice the amount of her cheque.

How much was her cheque amount ?

posted Nov 6, 2014 by Kshitij Maloo

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Assume x=dollars, y=cents of original check

converting everything into cents
(100x+y)*2=100y+x-5
199x = 98y -5

of
y=(199x+5)/98 and both should be the integer where y should be less then 100. which comes as x=31 and y=63

ie. answer is $31.63

answer Nov 6, 2014 by Salil Agrawal



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