Logic Puzzles

39. Mango Farm Challenge

A boy gets into a mango farm and till evening he can consume as much as possible. While returning, he has to share 50% of the mangoes collected with the security guard, in turn, the boy will take back 1 piece out of 50%. He has this agreement with 10 gates. The question is: how many mangoes did he collect? And how many are retained in the basket?

Added 2 June 2012

Solution:

He originally collected 1,026 mangoes.

After the 10 gates he retained 3 mangoes in his basket.


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