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MATHS WEEK: The answer to Saturday's puzzle
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HERE IS THE answer to yesterday’s Irish Water puzzle.
The question was:
A certain street is comprised of houses all with two adult minimum occupancy. Only 60% of houses pay their water charge which is €260 each. All houses have collected their Water Conservation Grant which is €100. The net collected from the street is €4,648. How many houses are on the street?
The answer is:
83 houses
Method
One way to do it is- 60% of houses pay the grant that’s (60/100)*260 = 156 average payment per house
100% of houses claim the grant – that’s 100 claimed per house.
There is then €56 Net per house paid.
There is €4,648 Net paid overall so there are 4648/56 = 83 houses.
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