In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n successive days (n > 1).
On the first day 1 medal and 1/7 of the remaining (m - 1) medals were awarded.
On the second day 2 medals and 1/7 of the now remaining medals was awarded; and so on.
On the nth and last day, the remaining n medals were awarded.
How many days did the contest last, and how many medals were awarded altogether?

m=36 medals in total were awarded during (n=6) days with 6 medals each day.

Posted by Purna on 2004-01-30 01:34:11