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Algebra Level 2

In a certain shop,the cost of 1 chocolate is 1 rupee and for every 3 chocolate wrappers the shop offers 1 chocolate. A boy has 15 rupees. What is the maximum number of chocolates he can eat?


The answer is 22.

Deevith Dv by Deevith Dv , 21, India

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Pritish Singhal
Oct 20, 2014

see for every 3 rupees he will have 4 chocolates..for Rs.15 he will have 20.(20-15)i.e.he will have 5 wrappers left xtra.(5-3)for he will get 1 more whose wrapper will add to the remainder i.e.2+1=3 for which he will get one more therefore,20+1+1=22_answer

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Fox To-ong
Feb 18, 2015

that's 15 + 5 which comes from 15 wrappers + 1 comes from 5 wrappers

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Parveen Soni
Oct 27, 2014

Rs. 15 give 15 C-->15W
15W give 5C------>5W
5W give 1C---->2W(previous)+1W(new)
3W give 1C-----> 1W
now no more chocolate(C) as insufficient wrappers(W)
hence total is=15+5+1+1=22

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