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Earlier when I attended a close door meeting to discuss the outsourcing of CAT papers. Including the chairman there were n people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F,… etc. AS per the convention everyone got some chocolates in the following manner. As A,B,C,D,E,… etc. received 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... etc. chocolates respectively. Before anyone had eaten a bit of chocolate, due to some urgent call, the chairmam left the meeting with his chocolates. Later on the rest attendants recollected their chocolates in a box and then redistributed all the chocolates evenly among themselves and thus everyone received 13 chocolates. : Who is the chairman of meeting?

A

18

B

25

C

30

D

can't be determined

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