While at the market, you find someone offering a gold cup. When you ask what she wants for it, this is her reply:
"Suppose you have two numbers. The difference of the two numbers is 12. The product of the two numbers is 17. Multiply the larger of the two numbers by 100, add 50 times the smaller number to that, round the total to the nearest whole number, and that's my price."
How much do they want for the gold cup?
2007-03-26 11:27:11 · 5 answers · asked by Libra 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
You want 2000$ for it after rounding it up to the whole hundred
2007-03-26 12:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Answer Number 1 is wrong, or the questions is wrong. The word product in the question means multipling should take place, so
XY=17
X-Y=12
This is how the questions reads. FYI
2007-03-26 12:02:00 · answer #2 · answered by Fletch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1750
2007-03-26 11:47:24 · answer #3 · answered by MICHAEL P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
x - y = 12
x + y = 17
2y = 5
y = 2.5
x = 14.5
gold cup = too expensive
2007-03-26 11:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by Gardener 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good one! Know the answer yet????
2007-03-27 05:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by regizzy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋