There are 3 persons Sudhir, Arvind, and Gauri. Sudhir lent cars to Arvind and Gauri as many as they had already. After some time Arvind gave as many cars to Sudhir and Gauri as many as they have. After sometime Gauri did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the cars each originally had.
Options:
(A) Sudhir had 34 cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars.
(B) Sudhir had 38 cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars.
(C) Sudhir had 39 cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars.
(D) Sudhir had 32cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars.
(E) Sudhir had 36 cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars. OK. Let's think. Some random thoughts first:
Sudhir Arvind Gauri
Finally 24 24 24
Before Gauri's transaction 12 12 48
Before Arvind's transaction 6 42 24
Before Sudhir' s transaction 39 21 12 The answer: (C).