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One logical question "You have 15 rupees. You went to shop and bought chocolates with that money. Each chocolate is 1 rupee. If you give three chocolate wrappers to the shopkeeper than he give one chocolate to you. So finally how many chocolates you have?"

Asked In HR Interview SHAIK MAHABOOB BASHA (8 years ago)

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BONAM SRINIVAS  (8 years ago)

for 15 rs. ----------------->15 chocolates
now , for 15 chocolate covers we get 5 chocolates (i.e.,3*5) total chocolate becomes 20
similarly now , for 5 chocolates we get again 5 covers
from that 5 covers we get 1 chocolate and 2 covers will remain's now total chocolates 21
now , for above 1 chocolate we get one cover and we have 2 covers remaining (i.e., total 3 covers )
we get again 1 chocolate now total 22

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KROVVIDI ANANTH DUTT  (8 years ago)

The answer is 22..............

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ankita sharma  (8 years ago)

ans is 22 and sol is firstly 15 choclates in our hand by these 15 wrappers we also take 5 choclate then after these 5 choclate we give 3 wrappers to shopkeeper then took 1 choclate
and by ths 1 choclate wrapper and another 2 are left in our hand we take 1 choclate

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Siddharth Jain  (8 years ago)

First :
Rs. 15 = 15 chocolates ----------------(1)
15 chocolates 15 wrappers
3 wrapper ------- 1 chocolate
that means
15 wrapper - 5 chocolates ------------(2)
now these 5 chocolates gives 5 wrappers
out 5 three wrapper gives one chocolate -------(3)
this on chocolate give one wrapper
this one wrapper and two previous wrapper give one more chocolate---------(4)
adding eq. (1), (2), (3) and (4) gives
Total chocolates = 22 ANSWER

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Chilukuri Swathi  (7 years ago)

ans:22
15 chocolate=15 rupees
3chocolate wrappers=1chocolate
i return 15 wrappers i got 5 chocolates
again i return 3 chocolate wrappers
i got one chocolate
already i have 2 chocolate wrappers
so i have three chocolate wrappers again i return 3 chocolate wrapper
i got one chocolate
totally 22

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venkatesh reddy  (8 years ago)

the answer is 21
15+ (15/3) +1=21

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keerthana  (8 years ago)

for 15 chocolates,15 wrappers will be there.For 3 wrappers one chocolate is given,so for 15 wrappers 5 chocolates are given.From 5 wrappers one chocolate can be given.Total of 21 chocolates will be there

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SACHIN RAMESH POLKEWAR  (8 years ago)

15+5+1+1=22

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Mettu Omkesh  (7 years ago)

for 15 chocolate wrappers he gets 5 chocolates (15/3=5), if he want wrappers he has to eat all the 15 chocolates so with that 15 chocolates wrappers he gets 5 chocolates then in those 5 he again eat 3 chocolate and give those wrappers to get 1 chocolate before he had 2 chocolates with him now total 3 so finally he eat those 3 chocolates and get 1 chocolate. So finally he has 1 chocolate with him so answer is one.

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arun gupta  (8 years ago)

20 because 15 coklts + 5 extra for changing with wrappers

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priyanga  (8 years ago)

15 choco..each 1rs..so 15 choco i have..takeout the choco from wrapper..i'll give 5(3 wrapper) that time i get 5 choco...totally i have 20 choco

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Navneet Bajpai  (8 years ago)

21 BCZ FIRST HE BUY 15 CHOCOLATE N GIVE 15 WRAPPER TO SHOPKEEPR FOR THAT HI AGAIN GAIN 5 CHOCOLATES AND NW 5 CHOCOLATES HAVE 5 WRAPEERS SO I CAN ALSO HAVE 1 CHOCOLATE MORE N REST TO WRAPPERS ARE WASTE SO TOTAL 21 CHOCOLATE I HAVE

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umesh  (7 years ago)

22= (15+((15/3)=5)+((5/3)=1)+((2 remained from 5 and 1 from next threes)=1) )

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aishwarya  (5 years ago)

20
15 chocolates for 15 rupees
And 5 for 15 wrappers

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