Question

There are 10499 candles leaving 9 stabs when burnt complete that left 9 stabs make a new candle then how many candles would be made from all the stabs?

Answer 1

Answer: 1312

Step-by-step explanation:

From each of the 10499 candles we get 1 stab each making it a total of 10499 stabs.

But from 9 stabs we can make a new candle

10499 when divided by 9 will be 1166 leaving a remainder of 5

So we can make 1166 candles and there will be 5 stabs extra

From these 1166 candles we will get 1166 candles there by making a total of 1166+5=1171 stabs

From these 1171 stabs we can again make 130 candles and there will be 1 stab left

Similarly in the next step from these 131 stabs we can make 14 candles there by leaving 5 stabs

Again in the next step from the 19 stabs we can make 2 candles and there will be 1 stab left

So total number of candles made from stabs = 1166+130+14+2=1312 candles