4 thieves rob a bakery of the breadone after the other.each
thief takes half of what is present ,& half a bread...if
at the end 3 bread remains,what is the no of bread that
was present initially?

Answer Posted / neel bhatt

Well i guess 63 is right answer coz @Surya u have calculated
and just made half the breads evertime but u havent
considered the half the totle and also "half bread" !

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