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you have 158 one rupee coins. you have to allocate them into a number of bags such that any amounts b/n 1 and 158 can be given by handing a certain number of bags without opening them. what is the MINIMUM number of bags required??????

op: 11,12,13,14, none

Asked In Elitmus rohit sharma (9 years ago)

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satish  (9 years ago)

total 8 bags are required:
bag 1 contains 1 one rupee coin
bag 2 contains 2 one rupee coin
bag 3 contains 4 one rupee coin
bag 4 contains 8 one rupee coin
bag 5 contain 16 one rupee coin
bag 6 contain 32 one rupee coin
bag 7 contain 64 one rupee coin
and keep all the remaining coins in 8 th bag...
now, with those 8 bags we can give any amount..... just try it out..!!

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virendra tiwari  (9 years ago)

total 14 bags are required;
bags contains rupees coin :- 1,1,2,24,4,8,8,16,16,32,64,
solution is in same way like satish, but remaining coin is required to distribute in same way

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