Three friends were having a party and they ordered garlic bread sticks from a nearby restaurant. Upon arrival, they divided the number of sticks among them equally. After each one of them have had four breadsticks, the total number of breadsticks that remained were equal to the breadsticks that each one of them had upon equal division.
With the data given, can you calculate the original number of garlic bread sticks ?  Choose the correct choice from the following: A) 13 B) 26 C) 22 D) 19 E) 18
E   18   Let us suppose that there were (3 * G) garlic bread sticks originally.   On dividing equally, the number of bread sticks with each of the friend = G   Each one of them ate four. The remaining sticks with each one of them = (G - 4)   Now, the total number of breadsticks left = 3 * (G - 4)   This number is equal to the breadsticks each one of them had after division.   =&gt; 3 * (G - 4) = G   (3 * G) - 12 = G   2 * G = 12   G = 6.   Therefore, the number of breadsticks originally = 3 * G = 3 * 6= 
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Three friends were having a party and they ordered garlic bread sticks from a nearby restaurant. Upon arrival, they divided the number of sticks among them equally. After each one of them have had four breadsticks, the total number of breadsticks that remained were equal to the breadsticks that each one of them had upon equal division.
With the data given, can you calculate the original number of garlic bread sticks ?