There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it
obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the total bread and 1/2
of the bread. The second guy ate 1/2 of the remaining and
1/2 of the bread. The third guy ,fourth guy and fifth guy
did the same. After fifth guy there is no bread left out.
How many bread are there?

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There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the to..

Answer / swapna

The ans is 31.
Explaination: There are in total 31 breads.
1st person ate 15.5+ 0.5 bread
2nd person ate 7.5+0.5 bread
3rd person ate 3.5+0.5 bread
4th person ate 1.5+0.5 bread
5th person ate 0.5+0.5 bread

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There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the to..

Answer / guest

let the total no of breads be x.

1st man 2nd man
x- (x/2) - 1/2 - 1/2((x-1)/2) - 1/2 ..... so on.

ans is 31.

first ate : 15.5 + .5 = 16 remaining 15
second ate : 7.5+0.5 = 8 remaining 7.
third ate : 3.5 +0.5 = 4 remaining 3.
fourth ate : 1.5 + 0.5 = 2 remaining 1
fifth ate : 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 remaining 0

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There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the to..

Answer / vishal

3.5

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There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the to..

Answer / antony

8

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There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the to..

Answer / sabarish

65 .

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There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the to..

Answer / yln sagar

x= (x/2+1/2)+(x/4 +1/2)+(x/8+1/2)+(x/16+1/2)+(x/32+1/2)

hence
x=2.5+(31/32)x
(1/32)x=2.5
x=2.5*32
x=80

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 9 No

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