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How many cigars will he be able to smoke? (Have Fun, Be smart.)

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As we know Cigars can not be entirely smokes, a Dhondu who collects cigar butts, can make a cigar to smoke, he can make a cigar with 3 cigar butts. Today he has collected 27 cigar butts.

So how many cigars will he able to smoke ?

posted Mar 24, 2014 by Hiteshwar Thakur

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He has 27 butts - he can make 9 cigars out of them
From the 9 cigars he smokes he can collect 9 butts - and make 3 cigars
From the 3 cigars he smokes he can collect 1 butt and make one cigar
Hence 13.

answer Apr 20, 2014 by Priyaa Trippayar Sahasranaman
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He will be able to smoke 13 cigars, as he has 27 butts he can make 9 cigars & get 9 butts then again he uses those butts nd made 3 cigars nd then at last he has 3 butts to make another one. So total no. Of cigars r 9+3+1=13.

answer Apr 11, 2017 by Pratyush Pathak



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