A thief steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2
loaf from a bakery. A second thief steals half the remaining
no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief
has stolen there are no more loaves left in the bakery. What
was the total no of loaves did the bakery have at the beginning
- 4 Answers
- 30917 Views
- Allianz, Essar, L&T, Misys, Wipro, I also Faced
- E-Mail Answers
Answer Posted / paul
31 is the answer...
let y be the total no. of loaves
a be the remaining loaves after 1st thief
b be the remaining loaves after 2nd thief
.
.
e = 0 be the remaining loaves after 5th thief
solution:
a = y - 0.5y - 0.5
= 0.5y - 0.5
b = a - 0.5a - 0.5
= 0.5a - 0.5
c = 0.5b - 0.5
d = 0.5c - 0.5
e = 0.5d - 0.5 but e = 0,
thus,
d = 1
c = 3
b = 7
a = 15
y = 31 -> answer
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 188 Yes | 8 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
sir i need generalKnowledge previous questions for rrb secunderabad goods guard exam
Ship is 180 miles away from shore. At that time a plane started from shore to pass some information to the ship with 10 times velocity of ship's velocity. At what distance from shore they will meat?
IDear sir, I have had a data containing of 4 numbers on daily basis for which I would like to know what is the next comming 4 numbers. Based on that data I would like to find out the next comming numbers. Support needed. regards chandramohan gudivada 09849974512 cm116_99@yahoo.com Example : 4513, 4132, 1465, 2941, 1762, 1432, 3412, 5283, 7261, 2643, 4751, 2581, 6513 .... and what is the next number in the sequence?
4 cards are placed on a table, each card has two colors. U don't know the color of the back side of eachcard.4 persons A B C and D are sitting on the table before the cards. They can see Red, Green Red and blue.Out of the 4 poeple 2 always lie. They see the color on the reverse side and give the following comment A: Yello/green B: Neither Blue/nor Green c: Blue/Yello D: Blue/ Yello find out the color on the other side of the 4 cards. No. of animals is 11 more than the no. of birds. If the no. of birds were the no. of animals and no. of animals were the no. of birds( ie., interchanging no.s of animals and birds.), the total no. of legs get reduced by one fifth (1/5). How many no. of birds and animals were there?
In rail road there are some stations. Each station should have tickets to all other stations.If they add some new stations they need 46 more tickets.How many stations are there before and after adding the stations?
4_4_4_4=22 use all sign of maths
how soon can you travel down to start your new job?
foot is related to man in the same way hoof is related to...........
what three specific job positions do you target from qatar airways group u.k?
P pages read in d mins after day p+1 pages read in d+1 mins last day 379 pages done in 317 mins find p+4
Three members are hunting in a forest.While crossing a streem cartridges of two of them gets wetted up.Then the third person decides his cartidges equally. After 4 shots of each person, total cartridges remaining are equal to what each had initially after sharing.How many total cartridges they initially they shared?
plz send me aptitude test questions on my email id bpraichur@gmail.com
what job position/s are you currently holding with your current employer?
sir i need catholic syrian bank previous question papers fully. it will be helpful for me to greater extend .please do the needful to me.
There is puzzle with the word "CONSTANTINE" and exactly don't know the question if anybody knows the Q&A plz send it ahmed.basha.munna@gmail.com
