Question

a poor family is unable to afford proper lightning and so there restrict themselves to using exactly one candle every night. after 5 candles are burnt, the leftovers and stubs from those 5can be used to make one new candle. if family has 50 candles on the morning of 1st January 2012 , and do not purchase any more, on which night will they use up their last candle?

Answer 1

Hey mate

well the family had 50 candles

so they will use 50 candles in 50 days

but then they will have 10 candles extra

which they would have made from from the leftovers and stubs.

So they

they will use 5 candles for 6 days and then other five candles for 6 days

as five candles' left over will give them one candle and that will be sixth one.

So the total days they will be in the light is 62 days

Hence Answer is 62 days
on the 62 day
i.e. if it's a normal year then on 3 of may
and if it's a leap year then on 2nd of may.

Friends this story might be a true case for our fellow citizens of the nation.

So let's do something for them when we become something great either through work or charity or opening an organisation for the Poor's .

Jai Hind

Answer 2

Answer:

answer is 60 days

Explanation:

Total number of candles with family as on 1 January, 2012 = 50 candles

Making it 50 candles for 50 days

Now,

After 5 candles are burnt the leftovers and stubs can be used to make one new candle

5+1=6

So earlier it was 5× 10 = 50 days

now we have 6× 10 = 60 days

it's 1 January morning so they will use a candle in night

so counting from 1 January to 31 January we get 31 days =31 days

February 1 to February 28/29 = 28/ 29 days

so in the case of leap year 31 days + 29 days =60 days , they will use up their last candle on 29 February

In case of a normal year , February having 28 days 31 days + 28 days = 59 days + 1 day

so here candle will end up on 1 march