Three friends A, B and C decided to share a lot of apples. Each of them had half of the total plus half an apple in order. After each of them took their share 4 time, no apples were left.How many apples were there?
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A) 4098	B) 4096	C) 4000	D) 4090	E) 4095
Whenever the rate of reduction is 'half of the total and half of it', the answer is always (2^n)-1, where 'n' is the number of times the process is repeated. Here, the process is repeated 12 times. So answer is (2^12)-1=4095.   ANSW4095R:4095
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Three friends A, B and C decided to share a lot of apples. Each of them had half of the total plus half an apple in order. After each of them took their share 4 time, no apples were left.How many apples were there?