A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the
same person tells to 2 more persons and so on . How long
will take to tell it to 768 persons ?

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A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / m.ismail

45min

1+2 - 5 min.
2+4 - 10min
4+8 - 15min
...
256+512 - 45min

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A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / avg

50 mins...
because it takes complete 5 minutes to tell the secret....
so i think 47.5 is wrong answer....
5 min-2
10-4
15-8
20-16
25-32
30-64
35-128
40-256
45-512
50-1028

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A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / anbarasan

5 min-2
10-4
15-8
20-16
25-32
30-64
35-128
40-256
45-512
50-1024(Only 798)
Because we need 5 mins to tell the secret.
so ans is 50min.

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A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / srihari

32.5 mints

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A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / sneha agarwal

47.5

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 3 No

A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / garima

@Crazyfantaxy
because it is told that the same person is telling that
secret to two new people..and then to two new people..and so
on..so the people who have been told will not be taken into
account...47.5 is therefore correct ans which Harry has given

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A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / srinu m

ans: 45 min



thank you

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 12 No

A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / jackass

45 minutes.
increases by 2 after every 5 minutes.

Is This Answer Correct ?    16 Yes 30 No

A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / jayanthi

1->2->4->8....by 10 minutes it will reach 1024 persons. so
it will take 10 minutes to 768 persons

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 41 No

A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so o..

Answer / sameer

30 minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 55 No

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