A man sells chocolates which are in the boxes. Only either full box or half a box of chocolates can be purchased from him. A customer comes and buys half the number of boxes which the seller had plus half box more. A second customer comes and purchases half the remaining number of boxes plus half a box. After this the seller is left with no chocolate boxes. How many chocolate boxes the seller had initially?

  • 12
  • 23
  • 34
  • 43.5
Answer:- 1
Explanation:-

Solution:
The best way to go through the options
Let there are initially 3 boxes then,
1st customer gets =
32
+
12
= 2
Remaining boxes = 3 - 2 = 1
2nd customer =
12
+
12
= 1
So, option 2 is correct.

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+
12
= 2
Remaining boxes = 3 - 2 = 1
2nd customer =
12
+
12
= 1
So, option 2 is correct. ", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nitin Sir" } }, "suggestedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "
Solution:
The best way to go through the options
Let there are initially 3 boxes then,
1st customer gets =
32
+
12
= 2
Remaining boxes = 3 - 2 = 1
2nd customer =
12
+
12
= 1
So, option 2 is correct. ", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM" } }
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