A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the first day?

• let the number of bannanas in first day be x
  for consecutive five days it will be like x,x+6,x+12,x+18,x+24
  the sum of those are 100, 5x+60=100
  so,x=8
  ans is 8
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(65) No(0)
• If a is no of bananas eaten on first day, then number of bananas eaten in 5 days = (5/2)*[2*a+ (5-1)*6)= 100
  
  ..
  
  so a=8
• 15 years agoHelpfull: Yes(12) No(1)
• first day x
  2 day x+6
  3 day x+6+6
  4 day x+6+6+6
  5 day x+6+6+6+6
  total,5x+60=100
  Ans x=8
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• HE'S DONKEY KONG AND HAS LOTSA LIFES
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• 1st day- 8
  2nd day- 14
  3rd day- 20
  4th day- 26
  5th day- 32
  total = 100
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• (a)+(a+6)+(a+6+6)+(a+6+6+6)+(a+6+6+6+6)=>5a+60=100
  =>5a=40
  =>a=8
  Finally man first day 8 bananas ate.
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• 8
• 15 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(4)
• 1st day=8
  2nd day=14
  3rd day=20
  4th day=26
  5th day=32
• 15 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(3)
• let he eat x bananas on first day...then
  x+(x+6)+(x+12)+(x+18)+(x+24)=100
  means
  8 bananas....
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• 8 banana in first day
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• no of bananas in 1st day=> n/2[2a+(n-1)d]=100
  here n=5
  d=6
  a=starting value...
  arithmetic progression....
  ans=8
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• 1 day 6 banana so 5 days 30 banana more eaten total 100-30=70 remain
  now 70/5=14 so for single day 14 but already eaten=14-6=8
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• ans is 8 .
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• total bananas =100
  first day =x;
  2nd day=x+6;
  3rd day =(x+6)+6=x+12;
  4th day =(x=12)+6=x+18;
  5th day =(x+18)+6=x+24;
  number of days sum=5x+60;
  so
  
  total bananas 100=5x+60;
  x=8;
  
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• let x=no of bananas on first day
  x+x+6+x+12+x+18+x+18=100
  x=8
  ans=8
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• total bananas =100
  days Bananas
  1 x
  2 x+6;
  3 (x+6)+6=x+12;
  4 (x=12)+6=x+18;
  5 (x+18)+6=x+24;
  
  number of days
  total bananas 100=5x+60;
  x=8;
  
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• Ans: Eight
  
  A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the first day
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• 74
  
  6*4=24 bananas in last 4 days
  so remaining on the first day so its 100-24=76
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• answer is 8.
  it is a simple formation of A.P.
  x,x+6,x+12,x+18,x+24 adding all these and equating it to 100 gives the answer 8.
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