davep@hou2b.UUCP (10/13/83)
MOTHER/DAUGHTER MATCHING PROBLEM
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Five mothers, each accompanied by a daughter enter
a store to buy dress material. Each person buys as
many yards of material as she pays in cents per yard.
Also, each mother spends exactly $4.05 more than her
daughter. In addition:
1. Mrs. Green buys 11.5 times as much material as
Jean.
2. Mrs. Jones buys 6 yards more than Mrs. White.
3. Ann spends $16.00 more than 9 times as much as
Betty spends.
4. Susie spends $15.25 less than Mrs. Smith.
5. Mrs. Brown spends most of all.
PROBLEM: What is Mary's last name?liz@umcp-cs.UUCP (10/16/83)
A correction to the mother/daughter matching problem. The second constraint should be: 2. Mrs. Jones buys .6 yards more than Mrs. White. and not: 2. Mrs. Jones buys 6 yards more than Mrs. White. -- -Liz Allen, U of Maryland, College Park MD Usenet: ...!seismo!umcp-cs!liz Arpanet: liz%umcp-cs@Udel-Relay