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by francoisph » Mon May 31, 2010 4:30 pm
Hi,

Please could you explain below?

anne owes bob 4$
bob owes carol 3$
carol owes anne 5$
if carol settles all the debts by giving money to both anne and bob

how much will she give anne?


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by sk818020 » Mon May 31, 2010 4:44 pm
Carol would owe both Bob and Anne $1 each.

Anne Bob Carol
-4 -3 +3
+5 +4 -5
+1 +1 -2 Aggregate
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by gmatjedi » Mon May 31, 2010 4:46 pm
Bob- +4, -3=+1
Carol- +3, -5=-2
Anne- +5, -4=+1
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