Question

Mrs. gill won certain prize money in a cooking competition.She spent half the prize money on clothes,one third on crockery and gave away the remaining $2000 to an orphanage.How much prize money did she win??
Pls provide the working..

Answer 1

Let the prize won be x.
then
x-x/2
=x/2 (since half of money was spent on clothes.)
x/2-x/3
=x/6(since 1/3 money was used was spent on crockery)
Therefore money remaining is x/6=2000
x=12000.
The answer is 12000.....
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Answer 2

$12000.................