Rich man

Written on 11:11 pm by Vja Students

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.1/5 th of remaining to the elder son. Now give one coin to the manager and 1/5 th of the remaining to second son and so on ..... After giving coins to 5th son ,divide the remaining coins among five daughters equally, All should get full coins. Find the minimum number of coins he has.

Ans:
3121

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3 Comments

  1. Anonymous | 8 January 2008 at 2:46 pm

    please explain the procedure

     
  2. Rajan Pahuja | 14 January 2008 at 10:33 am

    can u explain how did u come to that answer......m excited to know the solution

     
  3. Anonymous | 28 January 2008 at 10:22 pm

    I think the answer to the puzzle is 16406. The answer 3121 did not work with the second son itself.

     

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