A rich man died. In his will, he has divided his gold coins
among his 5 sons, 5 daughters and a manager.
According to his will: First give one coin to manager. 1/5th
of the remaining to the elder son. Now give one coin to the
manager and 1/5th of the remaining to second son and so
on..... After giving coins to 5th son, divided the remaining
coins among five daughters equally.
All should get full coins. Find the minimum number of coins
he has?
Answer Posted / hokuandphatty
Rich man has a minimum of 16,406 coins.
The breakdown is:
1st son = 3,281 coins
2nd son= 656 coins
3rd son = 131 coins
4th son = 26 coins
5th son = 5 coins
Each daughter = 4 coins
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