A man has three beautiful daughters and everybody in town loved to catch a glympse at them, by the time they grew up to like age 18, the man decided to make three building in a compound for the three ladies so that people can come to see them one by one, he then set a rule for anybody that comes to see the ladies. this is the rule:

if you want to enter into any of the ladies building you must pay 50 kobo at the entrance, whatever amount of money you have on you will be doubled by the lady visited, you pay 50 kobo at exit then proceed to the next lady while the rule is repeated.

this is the question:

A man went to see the three ladies, by the time he came out of the last lady's building he had 0 kobo on him,
how much was on him before he entered the first lady's building.

you may give your answers with hypothesis.

The man was having 75kobo before entering and after droping 50kobo at the entrance, he waz left 25kobo which was doubled to be 50kobo and at his exit he droped 50kobo that's why he iz left with nothing. am i right?

The man was having 75kobo before entering and after droping 50kobo at the entrance, he waz left 25kobo which was doubled to be 50kobo and at his exit he droped 50kobo that's why he iz left with nothing. am i right?

woke you are wrong, if you read the question again you will understand that the payment has to be repeated in the other two ladies building

The man had 75k on him.
On visiting the first lady, he paid 50 kobo and was left with 25k which was doubled.
He went to the second lady's house and paid 50k but nothing was download since he had no money.
On reaching the third lady's house, he could not see her because he doesn't have any money, so he left without seeing her.

Spyker, you are a genius but your answer is not correct.

dude had 125naira
gave 50 at the first lady's house,had 75naira left.inside she doubled it to 150 and on leaving he gave another 50naira meaning on getting to the second lady's house he had 100naira. gave 50 to see second lady,left with 50,she doubled it to 100 and he gave another 50 at the exit so was left wiv 50naira. paid 50naira to see d third lady and was left wiv zero naira for her to double when he met her

Ziyaun, you tried but you got it wrong, maybe if you look at the question very well you could solve it at the end of the day.

oga sholasong u got me der,but this time i came back ready for this ur question.u wan fall my hand for internet,i SAY NO.abi no be maths again.here is ur answer,
dude had 131.25naira.gave 50 at the first door,was left with 81.25naira,doubled by the lady to 162.5naira,gave 50 at d exit n was left wiv 112.5naira,
gave 50 at d second door,left wiv 62.5naira,doubled to by d second lady to 125naira,he gave another 50 at d second exit n was left wiv 75naira. gave 50 at d 3rd door,left wiv 25,doubled by 3rd lady to 50 n gave d 50 back at her exit.left wiv 0.00naira
clap 4 me o

Ziyaun, you try small sha but you still got it wrong, read the question very well and pay attention to details.

well my answer is 131.25,be it naira or kobo or dollars or whatever. if dats wrong then maybe u just didnt give enough details cos "WHATEVER AMOUNT LEFT ON HIM" is quite vague u would agree. i try sha,i clap for myself

I NO GO CARRY LAST


The guy started with 131.25kobo  at the first entrance he paid 50k and 81.25 was left with him which was doubled to 162.5k then he paid 50 at exit and was left with 112.5kobo[\b]

At the second building he paid 50k when entering and was left with 62.5kobo which was double to be 125k and at exit he paid 50 and was left with [b]75kobo

At entering the third building he paid 50kobo and was left with 25k which was doubled to be 50 and at the exit he paid 50k that's why he came out with  0kobo  or nothing.

am i right?

Woke4all:

I NO GO CARRY LAST


The guy started with 125.5kobo  at the first entrance he paid 50k and 75.5 was left with him which was doubled to 152.5k then he paid 50 at exit and was left with 102.5kobo[\b]



[b]am i right?
 

woke, 75.5*2 is 151 and not 152.2, lol. u got it wrong bro, all d same i think theres something wrong with d question cos i answered it as 131.25 and dude said its wrong.

ziyaun:

woke, 75.5*2 is 151 and not 152.2, lol. u got it wrong bro, all d same i think theres something wrong with d question cos i answered it as 131.25 and dude said its wrong.

If you look very well you will see i made a typo mistake which hv been corrected. And if the poster say [b]131.25[b/] is not correct then i suggest he ask the question again.

yes o,i am waiting on mr poster to tell us the correct answer or ask the question again cos 131.25 is like d only logical answer

didn't you guys take lessons on Naira and Kobo in your primary school Arithmetics? lol

this guyyyyy,do u know how many years back that was.our head don block,abeg tell us the answer.i believe i got it right sha. 131.25kobo or 1 naira 32 kobo or der about

sholasong:

didn't you guys take lessons on Naira and Kobo in your primary school Arithmetics? lol

Is this an excuse? If i tell you say 1.5million you no go know say na 1million 500 thousand?

Ok 131.25kobo or 1naira 31 and half kobo

if it's wrong pls post the correct one so we can learn from you.

ziyaun:

this guyyyyy, [b]do u know how many years back that was.[/b]our head don block,abeg tell us the answer.i believe i got it right sha. 131.25kobo or 1 naira 32 kobo or der about

no mind am jor, We don ready get am but ur conversion no correct.

can someone for heaven's sake get this right ones and for all.

omo the answer can only be 131.25 kobo. Unless if the exit of one building is the entrance of the other. In that case the answer shld be 93.75 kobo

The man had N87.50 at first.

Proof:
First lady -The man came with N87.50, paid N50, left with N37.50, when doubled becomes N75.

Second lady- The man came with N75, paid N50 and has N25 left but when doubled becomes N50.

Third Lady- The man arrives here with N50 and paid N50. Has ZERO NAIRA left.

Up meeeee!!!! I don win!!! Oya OP bring my prize sharp, sharp     

jamace:

The man had N87.50 at first.

Proof:
First lady -The man came with N87.50, paid N50, left with N37.50, when doubled becomes N75.

Second lady- The man came with N75, paid N50 and has N25 left but when doubled becomes N50.

Third Lady- The man arrives here with N50 and paid N50. Has ZERO NAIRA left.

Up meeeee!!!! I don win!!! Oya OP bring my prize sharp, sharp     

Read the question well. The man is to pay the 50 kobo both when he is entering and exiting each of the buildings. So you're wrong

^^^^ Oh sorry.
Here is the solution.
Let x be the initial money.
(x-50)2-50=U (where U is money left after seeing lady1)------Eqn1
(U-50)2-50=V (where V is money left after seeing lady2)-------Eqn2
(V-50)2=0 -----------Eqn3*
*Note that the man did not pay any exit pass in Eqn3* (Third lady) because there was no other (Fourth) lady to see. Poor man, he was not even having a single kobo in his pocket while seeing the third lady. What if the lady had ask for a bottle of Fanta? He also missed the blessing of doubling his money because there was no money left to double. 

From Eqn3*, V=50
Putting value of V in Eqn2 gives U=100
Put U in Eqn1 gives X=125k

So, the man started with 125k.   

Oya, OP what do you have to say?

I am brilliant my mama and papa talk am

therefore i agree with the person that got it right

OP where are you?

OP
I go vex if u no appear sharp sharp now

Jamace na wa 4 u o, with all those equations of yours you still got it wrong. i believe you guys won't request for orijo

sholasong:

Jamace na wa 4 u o, with all those equations of yours you still got it wrong. i believe you guys won't request for orijo

talk true shola, u dont know the answer

Jamace na wa 4 u o, with all those equations of yours you still got it wrong. i believe you guys won't request for orijo

Oya, produce the answer if you say I'm wrong!

wetin b d ansa na

sholasong:

A man has three beautiful daughters and everybody in town loved to catch a glympse at them, by the time they grew up to like age 18, the man decided to make three building in a compound for the three ladies so that people can come to see them one by one, he then set a rule for anybody that comes to see the ladies. this is the rule:

if you want to enter into any of the ladies building you must pay 50 kobo at the entrance, whatever amount of money you have on you will be doubled by the lady visited, you pay 50 kobo at exit then proceed to the next lady while the rule is repeated.

this is the question:

A man went to see the three ladies, by the time he came out of the last lady's building he had 0 kobo on him,
how much was on him before he entered[b] the first lady's building[/b].

you may give your answers with hypothesis.

0 kobo
I think it's a riddle rather than a math question. the man does not need money, hopefully, before he enters the first lady's (the president's wife) building. So the "fisrt lady" = president's wife

Sholasong is this correct?