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At an art auction each painting cost the same price and each customer only bought one painting. There were more than 3 buyers but less than 100, and the auctioneer took £1698.
Can you state how many customers there were and the price of each painting?
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Misterq.
Hell no!!!!!! Digesting my last lesson. Hee hee… leave it up to the other big guys with you. Will cheer you all on though.!!!!!
I will give a clue…..all the buyers paid in exact pounds….no percentages.
Just like they do at real auctions.
248 pounds.
nope orson
Misterq, my friend,
NOW, am really screwed. Recall did you, math my weakness.
Now as I do love auctions, been to several, you and me have an excuse (for me actually, hee hee) Pounds…
U.s. dollar 1 pound right equal now, u.s. dollar $1.30? And 1658 equal 1458 Euros. Think if moving around here, have how many people, but money could bring me down……….with my answer. Going to try people atleast…
Tuff one for me.Hee hee.
Ok..answer……..Auctioneer got 1698 pounds and all customers paid the same for each painting. They all paid in whole pounds (no percentages) and the number of customers has to be above 4 but less than 100.
So what whole number between 4 and 100 is divisible by 1698? Only one is…6 1698 divided by 6 =283.
So 6 customers or bidders each paid 283 pounds for a painting.
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Misterq 2 different spots. 248 o.k. thought 260 something. We’ll impressive again…
Another clue is in the fact that the puzzle asks for a number higher than 4 and less than 100.Why is this? Well 3 2 and 1 are divisible by 1698, which proves that the answer looked for is another whole number divisible by said 1698.
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