A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the
same person tells to 2 more persons and so on . How long
will take to tell it to 768 persons ?

Answer Posted / honey goel

45 is the corrct one...many answers above r not counting the persons who hav been told earlier!!

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