Teacups

For three days, Jake went to an auction where he spent a total of $150 on auction bidding for 5 porcelain teacups. On the way to the auction's first day, he stopped and spent $5 for a coffee before it started. On the second day he spent $100 more bidding for 3 porcelain teacups than he spent bidding for 2 porcelain teacups on the last day.

How much did Jake spend on his second day?

$

Tags

  • AI-resistant
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Attribute Substitution
  • Public
  • Hard

Information

Difficulty: Hard

Duration: 3 min

Author: Željko Švedić

Score Distribution

% of candidates
0-33%
34-67%
68-100%
Score

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