Secretive Shopkeeper VI

Algebra Level 4

This is part of the Secretive Shopkeeper set

You enter a shop, and see from the display that umbrellas cost £ u £u , vacuum cleaners cost £ v £v , washing machines cost £ w £w , xylophones cost £ x £x , yachts cost £ y £y and zebras cost £ z £z . You tell the shopkeeper that you want to buy 1 umbrella, 1 vacuum cleaner, 1 washing machine, 1 xylophone, 1 yacht and 1 zebra but you don't know what the cost is. He tells you the following:

  1. If you buy v v umbrellas, w w vacuum cleaners, u u washing machines, y y xylophones, z z yachts and x x zebras, it will cost you £1,569,532,913.
  2. If you buy u u umbrellas, v v vacuum cleaners, w w washing machines, x x xylophones, y y yachts and z z zebras, it will cost you £75,657,430,199.
  3. If you perform a refund for u + v + w u+v+w umbrellas, u + v + w u+v+w vacuum cleaners, u + v + w u+v+w washing machines, as well as buying x + y + z x+y+z xylophones, x + y + z x+y+z yachts and x + y + z x+y+z zebras, you will pay £78,796,343,673.

What is the cost of 1 umbrella, 1 vacuum cleaner, 1 washing machine, 1 xylophone, 1 yacht and 1 zebra?


Details:

  • u , v , w , x , y , z u,v,w,x,y,z are positive integers
  • If you underpay him, he will call the police
  • If you overpay him, he will keep the extra money


The answer is 280983.

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.

0 solutions

No explanations have been posted yet. Check back later!

0 pending reports

×

Problem Loading...

Note Loading...

Set Loading...