There are five thieves, each loot a bakery one after the
other such that the first one takes 1/2 of the total no.
of the breads plus 1/2 of a bread. Similarly 2nd, 3rd,4th
and 5th also did the same. After the fifth one no. of
breads remained are 3. Initially how many breads were there?
Answer Posted / chandra prakash garg
I think initialially total bread were 225.
How:
Let it be x.
(x+1)/2 + (x+3)/4 + (x+7)/8 + (x+15)/16 + (x+31)/32 + 3 = x.
Solve the equation, you will get the answer.
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