6. An old man is having some number of coins with him. He has five sons and five daughters. He has a car driver also, whom he loves very much.First he gives one coin to his driver. Then 1/5th of the remaining to his first son, one coin to his driver, 1/5th of the remaining to his second son, one coin to his driver�till his 5th son. And the remaining coins, he equally divided to his daughters. How many coins did the old man have?

Is it 881

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evilsun

Apr 19th, 2006

the answer is not 881.. i think this question cant be solved.. my brain almost cracked..

Geetanjali

Jun 28th, 2006

Well i tried it in reverse order may be the answer is a big no like 19530
     At Last the remaining money must be distributed amoung his 5 daughter and the amount left 4 them is divisible by 5 and is also minimum amount so some 5x
       5
      25 26
    130 131
655    656
3280 3281
    16405
16405 colud b the answer
or else the person with GooD command on no. can answer