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How much money does the man spend each day riding the elevator?

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A man lives in an apartment building on the 100th floor. He rides the elevator all the way down to floor 1 every morning then all the way up to floor 100 every evening. The elevator is coin-operated. It costs Rs. 0.25 per floor for floors 1-25, Rs. 0.50 per floor for floors 26-50, Rs. 0.75 per floor for floors 51-75, and Rs. 1.00 per floor for floors 75-100.
How much money does the man spend each day riding the elevator?

posted Jun 8, 2020 by Rajni

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Rs.125 per day / Rs. 62.50 one way


Rs.0.25* 25 + Rs. 0.5*25 + Rs. 0.75*25 + Rs. 1*25=Rs. 62.5
Rs. 62.5*2= Rs. 125

answer Jun 12, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov



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