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OpenStudy (lichking):

Medal to the best answer. A beggar on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

72/6=12

OpenStudy (lichking):

ah its the wrng answer by the way

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Whats wrong in it?

OpenStudy (lichking):

the answer is wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nope its fine i think.!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

will you please explain?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

from the 12 cigarettes he can make 2 more you say?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@aajugdar i didn't get you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

.-. lol

OpenStudy (lichking):

i want you guys to think logically

OpenStudy (anonymous):

joseph he has 72 cigarette butts so he makes 12 out of them so now from those cigarettes he gets 12 cigarette butts so he can make 2 more

OpenStudy (eric_d):

84

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@aajugdar Like you bro!!!

OpenStudy (lichking):

nope

OpenStudy (lichking):

not 84

OpenStudy (eric_d):

it's a tricky one

OpenStudy (usman1995):

u r right @Joseph91

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its not 14 either?

OpenStudy (eric_d):

168

OpenStudy (lichking):

its 14

OpenStudy (lichking):

If the begger can make a whole cigarette from 6 butts then he can make 12 cigarettes from the 72 he found. Once he smokes those, he then will have another 12 butts, which gives him enough to make another 2 cigarettes. A total of 14.

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