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ginger1945 | 20:15 Mon 14th May 2018 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Probably published April 2018 but cant see how to get answer £50 . (twice as much as?) Would appreciate
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" Five people spend an average of £73 on their weekly rent
between them. Ella's rent is twice as much as Martin's, who
pays £15 more per week than Tomaso pays. If Tomaso's weekly rent is
75 % of the rent Lucille pays per month, how much rent does Kathy pay per week."
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I wondered if anyone had found the answer to this please?
07:15 Tue 29th May 2018
I don''t think there is enough information for a unique solution. If the average is 73 then the total must be 365.
If for example L pays £20 then T pays 15, M pays 30 and E pays 60 leaving K to pay the remaining 240.
But if L pays 60, T pays 45, M pays 60 and E pays 120 leaving K to pay the remaining 80. Both valid scenarios.
Unless I'm missing something or it is a non-mathematical puzzle.
Not quite Calibax, T weekly pays 75% of what L pays monthly

Am still pondering, but I was confused with weekly and monthly.
Ah, Thanks Dave, I missed that but if anything it makes it more confusing as there are a variable number of days (and weeks) in a month.
Have just about got it, using a month as four weeks. Watch this space!!!!!
One way.. working on four weeks in a month
E pays £150. weekly
M pays £75. weekly
T pays £60. weekly
L pays £20. weekly (£80 monthly)
K pays £65. weekly

Sorry Dave - that doesn't work . Total = 370 and not 365
I make that K paying 60 not 65, but anywal if L pays 10 then
E pays £90. weekly
M pays £45. weekly
T pays £30. weekly
L pays £10. weekly (£40 monthly)
K pays £190. weekly
so not unique
Typo K is £60 weekly
In the very first bit of info. 50 pounds (twice as much as?).
I think this bit must be relevant........but twice as much as who?
That's the confusing bit - however that's two ways that add up.
Making the (very bold) assumption that there are 4 weeks in a month I think it holds true for all values of L between £0.00 (K= £320.00) and L=£24.61 (K=0.07)
I have no intention of trying to solve this, but I read the OP as saying - they had seen the answer as '£50' and didn't know how it had been arrived at.

May well be wrong.
£50 doesn't work Mamya. it would require L to pay £20.76923077
I definitely think we are missing some info.
Yes Mamya but we can't see the relevance of (twice as much as?)
They must have published to solution by now, not sure how to find it.
Think I'ii abandon this unless any more info comes to light.
Me too - something doesn't ring quite true.
The question is exactly as printed in the Scottish Daily Mail.
We need to know whether the monthly figure is 4 weeks, 4.333333 weeks or something else.
Even then I think there are lots of valid solutions (none of which seem to give and answer of £50 for katy- they give either 49.99 or 50.01) unless there is a requirement that all values must be an exact number of pence per week, but that would need a spreadsheet
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Thanks all. I thought I might also have been missing something. I questioned phrase? 'as much as' being vague.
Being obstinate - I might write to Daily Mail
Where did the 'answer ' of £50 come from, please?
I'm still not sure of why you feel "twice as much as" sounds vague- although I would agree that 'as much as' seems superfluous since 'twice' and 'twice as much as' mean the same thing to me

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