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 / surya teja challapalli
Let no of breads initially are x.
Then,
x-(x/2 + x/4 + x/8 + x/16) = 3
x- 15x/16 =3
x/16 =3
x=48
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