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The rupee/coin changing machine at a bank has a flaw. It gives 10 ten rupee notes if you put a 100 rupee note and 10 one rupee coins if you insert a 10 rupee note but gives 10 hundred rupee notes when you put a one rupee coin! Sivaji, after being ruined by his rivals in business is left with a one rupee coin and discovers the flaw in the machine by accident. By using the machine repeatedly, which of the following amounts is a valid amount that Sivaji can have when he gets tired and stops at some stage (assume that the machine has an infinite supply of notes and coins):
A26975
B53947
C18980
D33966
Show Explanation
The process works like this:
Rs.1 Coin => 10 × 100 = Rs.1000
Rs.100 => 10 × 10
Rs.10 => 1 × 10
Sivaji gets more money when he inserts a rupee coin only. For each rupee coin, he gets his money increased by 1000 times. Suppose he inserted 1 rupee coin and got 1000 rupees and again converted this into coins. So he ends up with 1000 coins. Now of this, he inserts one coin, he gets 1000. So he has 1999 with him. Now if he inserts another coin, he has 1998 + 1000 = 2998.
Now each of these numbers is in the form of 999n + 1. So option B can be written as 54 * 999 + 1.
