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One says, “Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you.” Tell me what is the amount of their respective capital?

Let the capitals be ‘a’and ‘b’ respectively.


Given, one says, “Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you.


⇒ a + 100 = 2(b – 100)


⇒ a = 2b – 300


Thus, the capitals can be anything which satisfy the above equations.


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