top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

At the circus, 2 sticks of fairy floss cost the same as 3 lollipops. If Samaira buys 1 stick of fairy floss...

+1 vote
530 views

At the circus, 2 sticks of fairy floss cost the same as 3 lollipops.
If Samaira buys 1 stick of fairy floss, she will have Rs 1.50 left over. If Samaira buys 1 lollipop, she will have Rs 2 left over.
How much money does Samaira have?

posted Aug 30, 2016 by Deepak Chitragar

Share this puzzle
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

2 Answers

+1 vote

3rs
2 sticks=3 lolipops
1 stick=1.5rs. so 1.5 is left
1 lollipop=1re. so 2rs r left.

answer Aug 31, 2016 by Naga Jyothi
+1 vote

Let X = price of a fairy floss and Y = price of a lollipops
Then we can write two equations
2 x X = 3 x Y (1)
X + 1,50 = Y + 2 ( 2)

By solving the system of two equations Y = 1 and X = 3/2
Then total money = 1 x 3 or 2 x 3/2 equal to 3 rs

answer Sep 3, 2016 by anonymous



Similar Puzzles
+1 vote

If you have 7 sticks of length 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7cm. Is it possible to make two lines of the same length with them? Can you make four lines of the same length?

0 votes

If you have sticks which measure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 cm (one of each). How many different triangles can you make using three of the sticks?

0 votes

Rohit has 6 wooden sticks of equal length.
He wants to join all of them in such a way that they make a regular polygon.
At what internal angle he has to join wooden stick with each other?

+2 votes

I have a stick of length 3 cm and I select 2 random points on it and break it at those points to get 3 pieces.

If the probability that these pieces will form a triangle is m/n where m and n are coprime integers then what is the value of m × n?

...