Questions are based on the following: In a magical temple there are 3 doorways each leading to the interior of the temple. Every door way has an idol just inside. The magical powers of the temple doubles the flowers a devotee carries every time he/she passes under a doorway. Each devotee has to pass on straight through the doorway and cannot retrace his steps till he comes to the innermost idol.

Q1. Ram carries X flowers at each idol he places an identical number of flowers Y. He returns from the temple
without a single flower. X was most probably
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

Q2. In the situation above Y was most probably
(a) 8
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

Q3. If Sita took 8 flowers to the temple and offered 4 flowers each to the first two idols then by the time she faces the third idol she has
(a) 40 flowers
(b) 36 flowers
(c) 52 flowers
(d) 56 flowers

• answers are X is 7
  y is 8
  and sita has 40 flowers
  
  by trail and error
  
  x is 7 he enters ist temple then he has 14 he put 8(y flowers) then he had 6 flowers by entering into 2 nd temple again doubles 12 again he put 8 flowers then he had only 4 flowers again he enters with 4 flowers into 3rd temple then again it doubles i.e 8 flowers then he put all the 8 at third temple then he gets out with no flowers.
  
  same thing for sita also x is 8 and y is 4.
  
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• Q1.answer is (d).
  Q2.answer is (a).
  Q3.answer is (a).
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