Question

1. A maharaja owned a mango tree that had very sweet, abundant fruit. People would comc from miles
around to pick the fruit. So the maharaja decided to protect the tree by erecting a series of seven
concentric fences around it. Each fence had a gate with a guard. To get to the tree a person would have
had to pass through seven gates and pass seven guards. One day, a man approached the guard at the first
gate and said, "If you let me pass, when I come back I'll bring you some mangoes. I will give you half of
the mangoes I have, but you must give me one back." For example, if he brings back 10 mangoes, he'll
give five to the guard and the guard will give one back. The guard let the man in through the gate, and the
man proceeded to make the same deal with the other six guards. The question is: How many mangoes did
the man have to get to pass back through the seven gates, giving half to each guard and the guard giving
one back and still having 5 mangoes for him in the end.
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Answer 1

Answer:28

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Answer 2

The right answer to the question is 12 mangoes and brought at last by the maharajah.  These were the number of the total mangoes as brought by the man which would have allowed him to pas through all the seven gates  which were guarded. There were seven guards who gave one mango each back to the man and he already had five so it makes a total of 12 mangoes.