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The Pesos problem...

himmenhimmen
edited October 2011 in Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
Can you solve this?

An artist made a replica statuette for the Queen of Britain and was coming back to his hometown in portugal. The queen had awarded him with 3 lbs of gold, 6 lbs of silver, 15 lbs of wheat and 10 lbs of rice. The ship's captane saw this as an opportunity to earn a little extra money and asked him to pay 2 pesos (currency at that time) per lbs. All his belongings were measured. How many pesos did he have to pay?

Comments

  • WarpSpeedWarpSpeed
    edited October 2011
    I suppose the answer isn't supposed to be 68 pesos?

    Next time he should just ask for a cashier's check.
  • himmenhimmen
    edited October 2011
    WarpSpeed wrote: »
    I suppose the answer isn't supposed to be 68 pesos?

    Next time he should just ask for a cashier's check.

    What if you convert the lbs to pounds in the question ?
  • himmenhimmen
    edited October 2011
    And what it is referring to pounds the currency ??? Then what ?
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