three men go to forest with some apples. At night one of them gets up and divide the apples in 3equal parts and one apple is leftwhich he gives to monkey. After some time 2nd of them gets up and divide the left apples in three equal parts. And again one apple is left which he gives to monkey. After some time 3rd of them gets up and ats the same process. On the next morning all of the gets up and divide the left apples in 3 equal parts and again one apple is left which the give them to monkey.now all apples are finished. How much apples did they have at first while started the journey.
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To solve this riddle, we need to work backward and trace the steps mentioned in the question. Let's go step by step:
1. At the end of the journey, when all the men divide the remaining apples into three equal parts, there is still one apple leftover. This implies that the total number of apples they had at the start must have been a multiple of three plus one.
2. Just before the last division, the second man also had one apple left, which he gave to the monkey. So before this division, the total number of apples must have been a multiple of three plus one, plus one apple (since one apple was left at this stage too). This equals a multiple of three plus two.
3. Before the second man's division, the first man also had one apple left, which he gave to the monkey. So before this division, the total number of apples must have been a multiple of three plus two, plus one apple (as one apple was left at this stage too). This equals a multiple of three plus three.
4. Before the first man's division, the three men had an equal number of apples, and one apple was left, which they gave to the monkey. So before this division, the total number of apples must have been a multiple of three plus three, plus one apple (as one apple was left at this stage too). This equals a multiple of three plus four.
So, the original number of apples they had must have been a multiple of three plus four. Given that all the apples were finished by the end, there are no additional apples, and the only possibility is that they originally had 4 apples.
Therefore, the three men had 4 apples at the beginning of their journey.