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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $13$
- The Three Hospitals
- Colonel Crackham said that a hospital collection brought in the following contributions:
- As this money had to be divided amongst three hospitals, just as it stood,
- since nobody happened to have any change in his pocket,
- how was it to be done?
Solution
The total take was $213 \shillings$.
Hence each hospital is to receive $71 \shillings$.
Hence we need to find a way of splitting the above accordingly:
- $50 \shillings$, $10 \shillings$, $5 \shillings$, $3 \shillings$, $2 \shillings$, $1 \shillings$
- $25 \shillings$, $20 \shillings$, $20 \shillings$, $3 \shillings$, $2 \shillings$, $1 \shillings$
- $25 \shillings$, $20 \shillings$, $10 \shillings$, $10 \shillings$, $5 \shillings$, $1 \shillings$
Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $13$. -- The Three Hospitals