Four persons (1) Rohit, (2) Jugeet, (3) Hemraj and (4) Durgesh each had some initial money with them. They all were playing bridge in a way that the loser doubles the money of each of the other three persons from his share. They played four rounds and each person lost one round in the order 1, 2, 3 and 4 as mentioned above. At the end of fourth round each person had Rs. 3200.

What was the amount with Hemraj at the end of the second round?

Option 1 -

Rs. 3600

Option 2 -

Rs. 7200

Option 3 -

Rs. 1600

Option 4 -

Rs. 6800

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    Payal Gupta | Contributor-Level 10

    3 months ago
    Correct Option - 2


    Detailed Solution:

     

    Mohit

    Manohar

    Prashant

    Dinesh

    Round – 4

    3200

    3200

    3200

    3200

    Round – 3

    1600

    1600

    1600

    1600

    Round – 2

    800

    800

    7200

    4000

    Round – 1

    400

    6800

    3600

    2000

    Initially

    6600

    3400

    1800

    1000

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