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Romankachi Goodies !!!
Last week, I'd been to the famous Romankachi cookie store "Cookie World" and found that there were three types of cookies to my liking - kachie costing $11 each, chococook costing $7 each and peacon costing $8 each. I had spent any amount between $45 and $50 (Both values inclusive). In how many ways could I have purchased the items, if I wanted to purchase at least one of each type of cookie ?
Answer
There are 6 ways.Since it is given that one item each has to be definitely bought, the minimum amount spent by me was $11 + $7 + $8 = $26. Using this minimum amount I should have bought at least one kachie, one chococook and one peacon cookies.
Since my total expenditure was $45 to $50, the extra amount I still have to spend (after having spent the minimum amount of $26) is $19 to $24, both $45 and $50 inclusive.
This extra amount can be spent in 6 possible ways as shown below :-
1) 2*11 = $22 (two kachie cookies).
2) 1*11 + 1*8 = $19 (one kachie cookie and one peacon cookie).
3) 2*7 + 1*8 = $22 (two chococook cookies and one peacon cookie).
4) 2*8 + 1*7 = $23 (two peacon cookies and one chococook cookie).
5) 7*3 = $21 (three chococook cookies)
6) 8*3 = $24 (three peacon cookies).
Hence there are six ways of spending the extra amount.
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