[Guest]

There is a garden surrounded with water on three sides and only one road leading to it.this garden has coconut trees. Any one can go there and take the coconuts.

The coconuts can be taken in boxes only.Each box can carry 20 coconuts only.You can take as many boxes as you like for free but there are ten toll barriers on the road.each barrier collects tax in the form of coconuts.The no. of coconuts taken is equal to the no. of boxes .For example if you are carrying 50 boxes of coconut you have to pay 50 coconuts at each barrier.

If yajjii took 10 boxes filled with coconuts from garden,tell me how many coconuts does he'll had when he had crossed all the barriers?

[OmegaScales]

116?

I used the logic that you can get rid of a box once it's empty and getting rid of a box decreases the toll, so instead of losing half of the coconuts, you would only lose

21/50 OR 84/200

[Guest]

Gates 1 & 2: Lose 10. Gates 3, 4, & 5: Lose 9. Gates 6 & 7: Lose 8. Gates 8, 9, & 10: Lose 7.

Total remaining: 116 coconuts in 6 boxes.

[Guest]

The answer is 116 as the no of boxes start decreasing while passing barriers. If you need detailed calculations, I can give it

There is a garden surrounded with water on three sides and only one road leading to it.this garden has coconut trees. Any one can go there and take the coconuts.

The coconuts can be taken in boxes only.Each box can carry 20 coconuts only.You can take as many boxes as you like for free but there are ten toll barriers on the road.each barrier collects tax in the form of coconuts.The no. of coconuts taken is equal to the no. of boxes .For example if you are carrying 50 boxes of coconut you have to pay 50 coconuts at each barrier.

If yajjii took 10 boxes filled with coconuts from garden,tell me how many coconuts does he'll had when he had crossed all the barriers?

[Guest]

I will give the credit for 1st right answer to Omega scales.Thanks.

[Guest]

There is a garden surrounded with water on three sides and only one road leading to it.this garden has coconut trees. Any one can go there and take the coconuts.

The coconuts can be taken in boxes only.Each box can carry 20 coconuts only.You can take as many boxes as you like for free but there are ten toll barriers on the road.each barrier collects tax in the form of coconuts.The no. of coconuts taken is equal to the no. of boxes .For example if you are carrying 50 boxes of coconut you have to pay 50 coconuts at each barrier.

If yajjii took 10 boxes filled with coconuts from garden,tell me how many coconuts does he'll had when he had crossed all the barriers?

It says "if you are carrying 50 boxes of coconut you have to pay 50 coconuts at each barrier." so it is the number of boxes at the start that matters not how many you have a a particular barrier

the answer is 100

[wolfgang]

It will remain 114 coconuts in 6 boxes.

[Guest]

The answer is 116.

This is purely based on the logic of getting rid of the empty boxes as and when you move from one toll to another.

Thanks.