Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

A man ate 100 bananas in 5 days,each day eating 6 more than the previous day. how many bananas did he eat on the first day?

  1. 6

  2. 8

  3. 10

  4. 12
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Let bananas on day 1 be x. Each day he eats 6 more: x, x+6, x+12, x+18, x+24. Sum = 5x + 60 = 100, so 5x = 40 and x = 8.

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