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A woman with four children bought a sack of peanuts. To the oldest child, a boy she gave one peanut and 1/4th of what remained, and to each of the other children she did the same. The second child was a girl, the third a boy and the last a girl. It was found that the boys had received 100 more peanuts than the girls. What was the initial number of peanuts?

Asked In Gate Hardip Bhalani (9 years ago)

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