6 thoughts on “Writer’s Block – 1

  1. It looks Like X has 5/3 times the money Y has.
    i.e. if Y has money = p
    then X has money = 5P/3

    and 5p/3-P =40 so P =60.

    So Y has 60 and X has 100.

  2. Hello J,

    For last question the approach you gave is great. No doubt!!
    But can the thinking go like this as A has lost most of the seats then assume total seats as 19 and calculated wins for each and see if we get total wins comes out to19??

    • Sure 🙂 However, this was a simplified version of the original question, which had numbers in the 3-digit range (150, 200, 250 types). So this approach would enable even that to be solved orally.

      regards
      J

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