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umabala · 10-06-06, 12:48 AM

3 There is a circular ring in which there are 12 black mice and one white mice . a cat walks circularly in the ring and eats every 12th mice. where should the cat start so that he white mice is the last one to be eaten by cat?

pkvas · 10-06-06, 01:16 AM

i think it should from 1 in clockwise direction. so that for every 12th black mice it can eat. imagine a clock and it numbers are black mice and the centre of the clock is the white mice. if a cat move aroung the circle firstly it has to start from 1.

regarding

pavan kumar

WISDOM · 05-07-06, 05:45 AM

madam problem galat lagti hai. it shud' be that cat eats every last mice! how can ms. cat eats every12th mice when mice left are less than 12!!!!!

then

pata nahi!

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10-06-06, 12:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
umabala Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: India Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 3	3 There is a circular ring in which there are 12 black mice and one white mice . a cat walks circularly in the ring and eats every 12th mice. where should the cat start so that he white mice is the last one to be eaten by cat?

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pkvas Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: India Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 3	i think it should from 1 in clockwise direction. so that for every 12th black mice it can eat. imagine a clock and it numbers are black mice and the centre of the clock is the white mice. if a cat move aroung the circle firstly it has to start from 1. regarding pavan kumar

05-07-06, 05:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
WISDOM (e)x-member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: India Posts: 776 Thanks: 29 Thanked 28 Times in 24 Posts Thanks: 29 Thanked 28 Times in 24 Posts Rep Power: 11	madam problem galat lagti hai. it shud' be that cat eats every last mice! how can ms. cat eats every12th mice when mice left are less than 12!!!!! then pata nahi!

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