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Marble Muse (Posted on 2014-06-23) Difficulty: 3 of 5
At the outset, each of the five friends Ade, Ben, Cal, Dan and Ethan had a positive integer number of marbles.

If Ade gave one-half of his marbles to Ben, and Ben gave a one third of what he then held to Cal, and Cal gave a quarter of what he then held to Dan, and Dan gave one fifth of what he then held to Ethan who then passes on a sixth of his holding to Ade - they would all have an equal number of marbles.

What is the minimum number of marbles that each of the five friends had at the beginning?

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Solutionre: Analytical Solution (spoiler)Steve Herman2014-06-23 23:21:54
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