Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/21 - The Cost of a Suit/Solution

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 * The Cost of a Suit

Solution
The jacket costs $\pounds 3, 7 \shillings 6 \oldpence$

The trousers cost $\pounds 2, 5 \shillings$

The waistcoat costs $\pounds 1, 2 \shillings 6 \oldpence$

In total: $\pounds 6, 15 \shillings$

Proof
Let us do all this in shillings.

Hence:

Then we have:

where $J$, $T$ and $W$ are used in the obvious way.

The given solution shows these prices converted back into pounds, shillings and pence.