One says, “give me hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you” The other replies, “If you give me fifty, I shall be five times as rich as you.” Tell me what is the amount of their respective capital?

Let the capitals be ‘a’ and ‘b’.


Given, one says, “give me hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you” The other replies, “If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you.”


a + 100 = 2(b – 100)


a = 2b – 300 ------ (1)


Also, b + 50 = 5(a – 50)


b = 5a – 300 ----- (2)


Multiplying eq2 by 2 and adding to eq1


a – 2b + 2b – 10a = - 300 - 600


-9a = -900


a = 100


Thus, b = 500 – 300 = 200


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