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Maths Puzzle
There are 125 chips on the table. If as many of the chips as possible are to be arranged into an equal number of 3-chip stacks & 4-chip stacks & the remaining chips are to be removed, how many of the chips are to be removed?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7
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- lets no of equal pairs of e & 4 chips are x so
3x+4x=125(if all being paired)
x=125/17
x=17+6/17;
so we have to remove 6 chips.
ANS-6 chips. - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
- d. 6
Explanation:
Arrangement has to be equal number of 3-chip stacks & 4-chip stacks.
i.e 7 chips together.
So, 125 chips can be arranged into 17 set. (17*7 = 119).
Remaining 6 chips has to be removed. (125-119 = 6). - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(2)
- Here is Stack...from stack we have to remove.stack size is 125 so 18*7=126, so we have to remove 1 chips..
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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