Three people picked 65 apples altogether. At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples. At the second tree they each picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree. When they finished at the third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at that tree. At the fourth tree the group picked just 5 apples. How many apples did each person pick at the first tree?

• ans is 4.
  see here at first tree 4+4+4=12
  at second tree=12+12+12=36
  at 3rd tree = 4+4+4=12
  at 4th tree = 5 (i.e 12+36+12+5=65)
  
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