There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the total bread and 1/2 of the bread. The second guy ate 1/2 of the remaining and 1/2 of the bread. The third guy ,fourth guy and fifth guy did the same. After fifth guy there is no bread left out. How many bread are there?

There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it 
obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the total bread and 1/2 
of the bread. The second guy ate 1/2 of the remaining and 
1/2 of the bread. The third guy ,fourth guy and fifth guy 
did the same. After fifth guy there is no bread left out. 
How many bread are there?

Ques:- There are 5 burglars and once went to a bakery to rob it obviously The first guy ate 1/2 of the total bread and 1/2 of the bread. The second guy ate 1/2 of the remaining and 1/2 of the bread. The third guy ,fourth guy and fifth guy did the same. After fifth guy there is no bread left out. How many bread are there?
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2 Answers on this Question

  1. The ans is 31.
    Explaination: There are in total 31 breads.
    1st person ate 15.5+ 0.5 bread
    2nd person ate 7.5+0.5 bread
    3rd person ate 3.5+0.5 bread
    4th person ate 1.5+0.5 bread
    5th person ate 0.5+0.5 bread

  2. let the total no of breads be x.
    1st man 2nd man
    x- (x/2) – 1/2 – 1/2((x-1)/2) – 1/2 ….. so on.
    ans is 31.
    first ate : 15.5 + .5 = 16 remaining 15
    second ate : 7.5+0.5 = 8 remaining 7.
    third ate : 3.5 +0.5 = 4 remaining 3.
    fourth ate : 1.5 + 0.5 = 2 remaining 1
    fifth ate : 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 remaining 0

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