A man is going to an Antique Car auction. All purchases must
be paid for in cash. He goes to the

bank and draws out $25,000.

Since the man does not want to be seen carrying that much
money, he places it in 15 evelopes

numbered 1 through 15. Each envelope contains the least
number of bills possible of any available

US currency (i.e. no two tens in place of a twenty).

At the auction he makes a successful bid of $8322 for a car.
He hands the auctioneer envelopes

number(s) 2, 8, and 14. After opening the envelopes the
auctioneer finds exactly the right amount.

How many ones did the auctioneer find in the envelopes?

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Answer / guest

Each envelope contains the money equal to the 2 raised to
the envelope number minus 1. The sentence

"Each envelope contains the least number of bills possible
of any available US currency" is only to

misguide you. This is always possible for any amount !!!

One more thing to notice here is that the man must have
placed money in envelopes in such a way

that if he bids for any amount less than $25000, he should
be able to pick them in terms of

envelopes.

First envelope contains, 20 = $1

Second envelope contains, 21 = $2

Third envelope contains, 22 = $4

Fourth envelope contains, 23 = $8 and so on...

Hence the amount in envelopes are $1, $2, $4, $8, $16, $32,
$64, $128, $256, $512, $1024, $2048,

$4096, $8192, $8617

Last envelope (No. 15) contains only $8617 as total amount
is only $25000.

Now as he bids for $8322 and gives envelope number 2, 8 and
14 which contains $2, $128 and $8192

respectively.

Envelope No 2 conrains one $2 bill

Envelope No 8 conrains one $100 bill, one $20 bill, one $5
bill, one $2 bill and one $1 bill

Envelope No 14 conrains eighty-one $100 bill, one $50 bill,
four $10 bill and one $2 bill

Hence the auctioneer will find one $1 bill in the envelopes.

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