"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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priya

  • Feb 3rd, 2006
 

x/3+x/4+x/5+x/6+6=x

x=120

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Samagra Dashbhakat

  • Feb 15th, 2007
 

The answer is 120Let initially total no of candies are x,then according to the condition given....we have x-( x/3+x/4+x/5+x/6) = 6 Solving this equation gives x=120

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