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Ajay who is a King, at his eleventh hour, called his three queens and distributed his gold in the following way: He gave 50% of his wealth to his first wife, 50% of the rest to his second wife and again 50% of the rest to his third wife. If their combined share is worth1,30,900 kilograms of gold, find the quantity of gold King Ajay was having initially?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: D) 149600 kgs         
         
Explanation: Let the total quantity of gold be p kgs.
According to the question,
50% of p + 25% of p + 12.5% of p = 130900
87.5% of p = 130900
p = 130900 x 100/87.5  = 149600 kgs.
 
Therefore, the initial gold quantity that king has = p = 149600 kgs.
       
      
      
      
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