Q60. Three friends, returning from a movie, stopped to eat at a restaurant. After dinner, they paid their bill and noticed a bowl of mints at the front counter. Sarita took 1/3 of the mints, but returned four because she had a momentary pang of guilt. Farida then took 1/4 of what was left but returned three for similar reasons. Ashwariya then took half of the remainder but threw two back into the bowl. The bowl had only 17 mints left when the raid was over. How many mints were originally in the bowl?

(a) 36

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(b) 31

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(d) None of these

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The correct option is D (d) None of these
D)
Sarita takes 1/3 of the total mints kept there..... which means total number of mints in the bowl should be a multiple of 3. There is no option, that satisfies this logic.

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The correct option is D (d) None of theseD) Sarita takes 1/3 of the total mints kept there..... which means total number of mints in the bowl should be a multiple of 3. There is no option, that satisfies this logic.

The correct option is D (d) None of these
D)
Sarita takes 1/3 of the total mints kept there..... which means total number of mints in the bowl should be a multiple of 3. There is no option, that satisfies this logic.