Shopping 100 chocolates puzzle
1,319.4K Views
Answered
You must buy 100 Chocolates for exactly $100, and purchase at least one Chocolates from each store.
- The first store charges 5 cents/Chocolates,
- The second charges $1/Chocolates and
- The third charges $5/Chocolates.
How many Chocolates should you buy from each store?
19 from 3rd store
80 from 1st store .
1 from 2nd store
This is a ‘replica’ of the ‘Buying Eggs puzzle’… 🙂
Best answer
We can solve it mathematically.
Let’s assume that x,y,z chocolates from 1st, 2nd and 3rd stores respectively.
Now, 0.05x + y + 5z= 100
Which simplifies to x + 20y + 100z= 2000
Now, x + y +z = 100
Subtracting we get,
19y + 99z = 1900
y= 100- 99z/19
Now, Z= 19 only.
y=1
x=80
Your Answer
More puzzles to try-
Today I am gone
Tomorrow I am surely here, yesterday I am found as well. Today I am gone. Who am I?Read More »Counting Legs of Animals in zoo Puzzle
A Leopard has four legs, a spider has eight legs and a cricket has six legs. The total number of ...Read More »Dog Crosses River Riddle
A man calls his dog from the opposite side of a river. The dog crosses the river without a bridge ...Read More »Arrange the queens
Queens can move horizontally, vertically and diagonally any number of spaces as illustrated. One piece ‘attacks’ another if it moves ...Read More »Digging Tiny Caves
He dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. He also build bridges of silver and make ...Read More »Vitamin Deficiency
What Deficiency does the below rebus represent? VIT_MINRead More »how far are the two ends of chain from each other?
There is a chain nailed to the wall. The chain is 10 feet long and the center of the chain ...Read More »Distance Covered
Two Twins Jack and Jill were standing back to back and suddenly they started running in opposite direction for 4 ...Read More »Calculate the area of the green region labeled as ‘?’
The below figure consists of a rectangle and the numbers labeled over the top represents the area of that particular ...Read More »Creator of invention
He leads the way into the unknown, and bring strength where there is fear. He is the creator of invention, ...Read More »Average speed of train riddle
A train is going at a speed of 60kmph towards Delhi and returned back at a speed of 30kmph. What ...Read More »Time spend at window riddle
What spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?Read More »Can you crack the code and find the name?
The what? This image tells the name of a movie. Can you crack the code and find the name?Read More »High or Low
Each of the clues below refers to a five-letter word that contains either ‘HI’ or ‘LO’ within it. Can you ...Read More »Random Airplane Seats
People are waiting in line to board a 100-seat airplane. Steve is the first person in the line. He gets ...Read More »Is it high, or is it low?
It is able, but not capable. It can stop, but not go. It is dead, but not yet perished. It’s ...Read More »1000 coins and 10 bags
A dealer has 1000 coins and 10 bags. He has to divide the coins over the ten bags so that ...Read More »Dogs and Cats
All of Mrs. John pets are dogs except one, and all her pets are cats except one. How many cats ...Read More »Empty pocket riddle
A pants pocket is empty but still have something in it? How? What is in it?Read More »Murder Mystery
A murder had been suspected but the police did not know how the man had been killed since there had ...Read More »
Accenture Interview PuzzlesAdobe Interview PuzzlesAge RiddleAkbar Birbal PuzzlesAlgorithm PuzzlesAlphabet riddleAmazon Interview PuzzlesAnalytical MathematicsAptitude PuzzleBank PuzzlesBetting PuzzlesBrain TeasersCalendar PuzzlesCards PuzzlesChess Board PuzzleChess PuzzlesChristmas Puzzlecipher PuzzleCivil Services PuzzleClock time puzzleCognizant Interview PuzzlesCoins PuzzleComputational PuzzleconundrumCoronavirus PuzzleCoupondunia Interview PuzzleCritical Thinking Puzzledata analyticsData Structure Interview QuestionsDecode PuzzleDetective PuzzlesDice PuzzleDictionary Riddlesdifficult riddleEasy Math puzzlesEasy puzzlesEinstein puzzleEnglish RiddleFamily Tree Puzzlefamous puzzleFill in the blanks riddlesFinding Killer RiddlesFlipkart interview puzzlesFunny RiddlesGeneral KnowledgeGeographical PuzzleGoogle Code Jam 2014Google Interview PuzzlesGRE PuzzleHard Puzzle
