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A woman sells to the first customer half her stock of apples and half an apple, to the second customer half an apple and half of her remaining stock and so also to a third and to a fourth customer. She finds that she has now 15 apples left. How many apples had she at first?
एक महिला अपने सेब के स्टॉक में से आधा भाग पहले ग्राहक को बेचती है तथा आधा सेब देती है। युनः दूसरे ग्राहक्त को शेष स्टॉक का आधा तथा आधा-सेब बेचतो है। इसी ग्रकार वह तीसरे एव चौथे ग्राहक को सेब बेचती है उसके बाद उस महिला के पास 15 सेब शेष बच जाते है, तो उसके पास आरंभ में कितने सेब थे?

A

250

B

254

C

255

D

375

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