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Three Kids

Puzzle:

There are three kids and each one have some pencils. The first kid gave the second and third as many pencils as they each already had. Then, the second gave the first and third as many as they each had. Still later, the third gave the first and second as many as they each already had. Each kid now have 24 pencils. How many pencils did each kid have originally?

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Solution:

You can solve the problem easily backward

First+Second+Third

24 + 24 + 24 = 72

12 + 12 + 48 = 72

6 + 42 + 24 = 72

39 + 21 + 12 = 72

The first had 39 pencils, the second had 21 and the third had 12.

4 comments:

Bhanu Pratap said...

Kid1 -> 39
Kid2 -> 21
Kid3 -> 12

Jam said...

Kool, I worked out independently and got the same result!
39-21-12 (initially)
6-42-24 (aft x gives)
12-12-48 (aft y gives)
24-24-24 (finally aft z gives)!

Anonymous said...

x+ y+z = 72

(x-y-z) + 2y +2z = 72

2(x-y-z) +(2y -((x-y-z)+2z))+4z =72

4(x-y-z)+ 2(2y-((x-y-z)+2z))+
(4z-(2(x-y-z)+(2y -((x-y-z)+2z)))= 72
and each term is equals 24
4(x-y-z) = 24 => x-y-z = 6 --->1
2(2y-((x-y-z)+2z)) = 24
=> (2y -x+y -z) = 12
=> -x+3y-z = 12 ----->2

(4z-(2(x-y-z)+(2y -((x-y-z)+z)))=24
=> -x-y+7z = 24---->3

solve 1, 2, 3
x = 39, y = 21, z = 12

Vishal said...

work in reverse direction and get result easily