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Messi entered a candy shop and spent half of the money in his pocket.
When he came out he found that he had just as many paise as he had
rupees when he went in and also half a many rupees as he had paise when
he went in. How much money did he have on him when he entered? (1 Rupee = 100 Paise just like 1 Dollar = 100 Cents)
Know the amount that Messy had initially!!
Source
What was the coincidence?
Let X be the rupees & Y be the paise that Messy initially had in his pocket. That means he had 100X + Y paise initially. In shop he paid half of the amount he had i.e. (100X + Y)/2.
When he came out of the shop he had Y/2 rupees & X paise i.e. 100(Y/2) + X paise.
Equating both,
(100X + Y)/2 = 100(Y/2) + X
Multiply by 2,
100X + Y = 100Y + 2X
98X = 99Y
Hence, X = 99 & Y = 98
Putting these values in 100X + Y = 9998. This is the amount in paise. Converting in rupees gives, 9998/100 = 99.98
To conclude, Messi had Rs.99.98 initially in his pocket.