Q73
A man sells chocolates which are in the boxes. Only either full box or half a box of chocolates can be purchased from him. A customer comes and buys half the number of boxes which the seller had plus half box more. A second customer comes and purchases half the remaining number of boxes plus half a box. After this the seller is left with no chocolate boxes. How many chocolate boxes the seller had initially?
A.
2
B.
3
AnswerC.
4
D.
3.5
E.
None of these
Answer: Option B
Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The best way to go through the optionsLet there are initially 3 boxes then,
1st customer gets = + = 2
Remaining boxes = 3 - 2 = 1
2nd customer = + = 1
So, option B is correct.