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 / rakesh

total number of bread is =63
bcoz each thief stole half of total breads and half of a
single bread.
then 63 is right answer

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