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24. I Visited a Interesting Shop Last Weekend

I visited a interesting shop last weekend. The signboard in front of the shop read Pick 1 for $2, Pick 10 for $4, Pick 100 for $6 I needed 246 and the shopkeeper charged me $6 for it. Can you tell how the pricing policy of the shop worked ?

Submitted by tartle · Added 17 January 2013

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Solution:

The pricing policy of the shop is based on the number of digits in the quantity picked rather than the quantity itself. Each digit costs $2, so for 246, which has three digits, the cost is $6 (3 digits x $2 per digit). The shopkeeper charged $6 for the three digits in 246, which falls within the range of 100-999 items, where the price is $6.

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dsheat 22 January 2013

Is it every digit the number increases it goes up by two dollars?

Wikonimo 31 December 2016

Door numbers.

GabbyD123 24 January 2017

1 for $2
10 for $4
100 for 46
The next formula in the sequence would be 1000 for $8
Since, the customer only needed 246 and not 1000, they only get charged $6, which appears to be the price for picking 100-999 items.

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