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yudhistir,bheem,arjun,nakul,sahdev (by their ages) were playing a game. Suppose one brother lost, then he will double the money of all the rest.
total 5 game played , and each brother lost once.
at the end each had Rs 96. what was the intial amount each had.

Asked In Elitmus aditya kumar (6 years ago)

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B HARI  (6 years ago)

INitially x x x x x
1st game 2x 2x 2x 2x x
2nd 4x 4x 4x 2x 2x
3rd 8x 8x 4x 4x 4x
4rth 16x 8x 8x 8x 8x
5th 16x 16x 16x 16x 16x

For each time when a person lose he doubles the others money and his money remain constant.
Finally all get the same
so 16x = 96
x= 6;

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Adil khan  (6 years ago)

yeah six make sense if something else then u r missing something in question
accord to ur ques
96 96 96 96 96
96 48 48 48 48
48 48 24 24 24
24 24 24 12 12
12 12 12 12 6
6 6 6 6 6

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  (6 years ago)

In these type we proceed from where the information given to us in this question it's last.All have 96 coins
5.96 96 96 96 96
4.48 48 48 48 288(96+48×4)that money he must have in 5 game if he lost he have to double everyone and since at last he left with 96 so he must have 48×4+96 rs before start of 5th game.similarly do others

3.24 24 24 264 144 (264=24×3+144+48)
2.12 12 252 132 72(252=24×2+132+72+24
1.6 246 126 66 36
0.243 123 63 33 18

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  (6 years ago)

Game yudistir Bheem Arjun Nakul Sahdev
Fifth 96 96 96 96 96
Forth 48 144 96 96 96
Third 24 72 192 96 96
Second 12 36 96 240 96
First 6 18 48 120 288

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aditya kumar  (6 years ago)

I posted this question : Sorry but 6 was not the option

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shivan shukla  (6 years ago)

Is the ans is ₹243?

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shivan shukla  (6 years ago)

Is the ans is ₹243 for yudishtir?
16*(2x-480)=96
->x=243 =initial amount that yudishtir had

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Harsheet Singh Narang  (6 years ago)

Was there an option of Rs2364?

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krishna  (6 years ago)

(2 power 5 )x=96
x = 3 rs

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venkatesh v  (6 years ago)

answer=30
money after 1st round a,2b,2c,2d,2e
" " 2nd " 2a,2b,4c,4d,4e
" 3rd " 4a,4b,4c,8d,8e
" " 4th " 8a,8b,8c,8d,16e
" " 5th " 16a,16b,16c,16d,16e
so,16(a+b+c+d+e)=5*96
a+b+c+d+e= 30

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Pratee Chugh  (4 years ago)

243, 123, 63, 33, 18

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