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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $21$
- The Cost of a Suit
- Melville bought a suit.
- The jacket cost as much as the trousers and waistcoat.
- The jacket and two pairs of trousers would cost $\pounds 7, 17 \shillings 6 \oldpence$
- The trousers and two waistcoats would cost $\pounds 4, 10 \shillings$
- Can you tell me the cost of the suit?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $21$. -- The Cost of a Suit
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $27$. The Cost of a Suit