A man, a plan...
Algebra
Level
2
M. de Lesseps spent 8 million francs to build the Suez Canal. He then attempted to build a Panama Canal, but failed after spending 2 and 3/4 times that amount.
In millions, how many francs did M. de Lesseps spend in total on the two canals?
The answer is 30.
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
1 solution
Suez: 8 (million francs)
Panama: 8 * (2 3/4) = 22
Total = 22 + 8 = 30