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A rich man died. In his will, he has divided his gold coins among his 5 sons, 5 daughters and a manager. According to his will: First give one coin to manager. 1/5th of the remaining to the elder son. Now give one coin to the manager and 1/5th of the remaining to second son and so on..... After giving coins to 5th son, divided the remaining coins among five daughters equally.
All should get full coins. Find the minimum number of coins he has?

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Total = 3121 coins

Manager got 5 coins
First son got 624 coins
Second son got 499 coins
Third son got 399 coins
Forth son got319 coins
Fifth son got 255 coins
Each Daughter got 204 coins

Total = 3121 coins
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