Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/1 - The Money Bag
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $1$
- The Money Bag
- "A bag," said Rackbrane, when helping himself to the marmalade, "contained fifty-five coins consisting entirely of crowns and shillings,
- and their total value was $\pounds 7, \ 3 \shillings 0 \oldpence$
- How many coins were there of each kind?"
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $1$. -- The Money Bag