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    Sir / madam,
    My question is

    Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.
    a. How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
    b. How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes?

    The Solution is
    a. 8
    b. 6
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    Default Re: How many monkeys ?

    your answer are
    a.8 monkeys ate 8 bananas in 8 minutes so each one of them eating one banana in 8 minute so three monkey will take 8 minutes as they too eating one banana each.
    b.it should be 8 too because 8 monkeys can eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes
    as each will eat 6 bananas in 48 minutes so they will eat 8*6 = 48

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    Default Re: How many monkeys ?

    Sir,
    Please give logical reply. How we can say 6 ?
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    Default Re: How many monkeys ?

    one monkey eat one banana in 8 minutes...

    a) so for 3 monkeys they will take 8 minutes to eat 3 bananas..

    b) total time taken =48 minutes
    time taken for 1 banana = 8minutes

    no. of monkeys = 48/8
    =6
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    Default Re: How many monkeys ?

    first one should be 8 minutes because the time taken for one banana is 8 minutes,
    therefore three monkeys eat three bananas each i n eight minutes.
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    Default Re: How many monkeys ?

    second question::time to consume a single banana is 8 minutes therefore in 48 minutes six bananas are consumed by six monkeys!
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    Hi yadavundertaker,
    How you feel about this question ?
    But you solved it very quickly. Good....Really finding a tough question for you is an challenging task for me.
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    Default Re: How many monkeys ?

    these questions are simple you should check this link ....

    http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/ce-quiz-puzzles-mathematics/30306-cooltwins-aptitude-center.html

    this is really a nice thread for puzzles
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