Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/27 - Buying Tobacco/Solution

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 * Buying Tobacco
 * A box of $50$ cigarettes cost the same in shillings and pence as some tobacco bought in pence and shillings.
 * The change out of a $10 \shillings$ note was the same as the cost of the cigarettes.
 * What did the cigarettes cost?

Solution
The cigarettes cost $2 \shillings 5 \oldpence$, while the tobacco cost $5 \shillings 2 \oldpence$.