"Lets have some!" The kids around Betty as she checked the candies. " Okay, but I'll have a few myself," she told them. "It's by age. A third of them for Bill, a quarter for Eve, a fifth for Linda, and a sixth for Bruce. That leaves just six for me." How many were there in all? A. 200 B. 180 C. 120 D. 90 E. None of these

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Poornima

Dec 29th, 2005

   Let the number of candies be 'x'
      A third of them for Bill so = x/3
        A quarter for Eve so = x/4
        A fifth for Linda so = x/5
        A sixth for Bruce so = x/6
        Betty is left with 6 candies.
       So,
      x/3 + x/4 + x/5 + x/6 + 6 = x
      Solving this we get the value of x=120.(so C is the ans)