Medals
Written on 12:26 am by Vja Students
In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n successive days (n > 1).
1. On the first day 1 medal and 1/7 of the remaining m-1 medals were awarded.
2. On the second day 2 medals and 1/7 of the now remaining medals was awarded; and so on.
3. On the nth and last day, the remaining n medals were awarded.
How many days did the contest last, and how many medals were awarded altogether?
Answere::Yes,answere is right 6 days & 36 medals
6 days & 36 medals
Any working solution as to how to get to the answer?... apart from working backwards once you know what the answer is ?!