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While three watchman were guarding an onchard,a thief slipped into and stole some apple. On this way out,he met the three watchman one after another and to each in turn he gave half the apples he had and two besides. In this way he managed to flee away with one apple. How many apples had he stolen originally?
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Naveen Sharma 7 years ago
Ans. let the number of apples he stole = x
Case 1 : Apples given to the first watchmen = {tex}{x\over 2} + 2 = {x+4\over 2}{/tex}
Apples remained = {tex}x - {x+4\over 2} = {2x-x-4\over 2} = {x-4\over 2}{/tex}
Case 1 : Apples given to the second watchmen = {tex}{{x-4\over 2}\over 2} + 2 = {x-4\over 4} +2 {/tex}
{tex}= {x-4 + 8\over 4} = {x+4\over 4}{/tex}
Apples remained = {tex}{x-4\over 2} - {x+4\over 4} = {2x-8-x-4\over 4} = {x-12\over 4}{/tex}
Case 1 : Apples given to third watchmen = {tex}{{x-12\over 4}\over 2} + 2 = {x-12\over 8}+2 {/tex}
{tex}= {x-12+16\over 8} = {x+4\over 8}{/tex}
Apples Remained = {tex}{x-12\over 4} -{x+4\over 8} = {2x-24-x-4\over 8} = {x-28\over 8}{/tex}
According to question :
{tex}{x-28\over 8} = 1 {/tex}
=> x - 28 = 8
=> x = 8+28
=> x = 36
So No of Apples he stole = 36
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