Question

how did mother distribute 8 candies?how did each deepa siya and jaya get?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The mother has actually three children and she decided to distribute the candies that she had, equally among the children. Now the strategy that she adapted was that she first gave 2 candies to Deepa, than another 2 to Siya and 2 to Jaya. Now for the remaining 2 candies, she divide the two in 3 equal parts and gave each part to each of her children

Answer 2

There were 27 candies in total and mother gives each child 9 candies

Explanation:

The question is incomplete. Please see the full question below:

ONE DAY , MY MOTHER HAD KEPT CANDIES FOR ME AND MY TWO SISTERS IN A BOX AND ASKED US TO SPLIT THEM EQUALLY AMONG US. I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO REACH HOME THAT DAY. I TOOK MY SHARE AND LEFT THE OTHERS SHARES IN THE BOX FOR MY SISTERS. AFTER A WHILE, MY ELDER SISTER SIYA REACHED HOME AND THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS THE ONE TO REACH HOME . SHE TOOK HER SHARE FROM THE BOX AND LEFT TWO EQUAL SHARES FOR US .

IN THE END , MY OTHER SISTER JAYA , REACHED HOME . SHE TOO THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO REACH HOME . SO, SHE TOOK HER SHARE AND LEFT 8 CANDIES IN THE BOX .

IN THE EVENING , WHEN WE ALL MET, WE REALISED WHAT HAD HAPPENED . OUR MOTHER THEN DISTRIBUTED THE 8 CANDIES AMONGST US SO THAT WE ALL GET EQUAL CANDIES.

QUESTIONS TO DISCUSSION :

1. HOW DID THE MOTHER DISTRIBUTE THE 8 CANDIES ? HOW MANY DID EACH OF DEEPA , SIYA , JAYA GET?

2. HOW DID THE MOTHER TREAT HER 3 DAUGHTERS ?

3. HOW DID JAYA FEEL WHEN SHE REALISED WHAT HAD HAPPENED ?

Solution:

Let the total portion of candies in the box be = 3x candies

First Deepa takes = 3x/3 = x candies

Balance = 3x - x = 2x candies

Siya takes = 2x/3

Balance = 2x - 2x/3 = 4x/3 candies

Jay takes = 4x/3 * 1/3 = 4x/9 candies

Left candies = 8 candies

Balance = 4x/3 - 4x/9 = 8x/9

Now 8x/9 = 8 candies left in box

Therefore x = 8*9/9 = 9.

Deepa takes 9 candies.

Siya takes = 2/3(9) = 6 candies

Jaya takes = 4/9(9) = 4 candies

Total number of candies kept by mother = 3x = 27 candies.

1) Mother distributed 8 candies left as follows:

Each child should get 9 in total. Deepa already took 9, so she did not get any more. Siya got 3 more and Jaya got 5 more from their mother.

2) The mother treated all her 3 daughters equally.

3) Jaya felt bad for herself, but happy for her sisters.