Re: help me to solve this math maze

Satyam wrote: > You'll give 100 'units' to 6 of them, and 75 to 6, thus: > > 6 * 100 + 6 * 75 ==> 1050 units > > Each 'unit' is valued at: > > 3000 / 1050 ==> 2.8571 > > Thus, you give: > > 6 * 285.71 + 6 * 214.28 ==> 2999.94, and you may keep the change ;-) pity you don't work as bank director Satyam (notice that in real life it's the bank that always pockets the change ;-) > > Satyam > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faisal Murad" <faisalsahar@gmail.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 11:44 AM > Subject: [PHP] help me to solve this math maze > > > i am making a program to give money to a group of people > lets say that i have to distribute 3000 among 12 > people 6 of them are adult and will get 100% > 6 them are children those will get 75% from the overall amount. > > a common solution might appear as > > divide 3000 to 12 which is 250 > give 250 to adults and 75% percent of it to children which is 187.5 > after this kind of calculation i have 375 more to give which was > supposed to be > equally distributed among them > > can anyone understand my problem and assists me. > > faisal > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/745 - Release Date: > 03/04/2007 12:48 >