A basket of cherries are to be divided equally among the people as shown below.

Find the number of cherries left after distribution.

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Solution

The correct option is B 17
Total number of cherries = 977
Number of people = 37

The number of cherries left is the remainder obtained on dividing the total number cherries by the number of people.

Using long division, we get:

Here,
Quotient = 26
Remainer = 17

$∴$ There are 17 cherries left after distribution.

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