17 boxes have altogether 100 mangoes. Each box has at least one mango. Number of boxes with exactly 6, 7 and 8 mangoes is 2, 3 and 4 respectively. The maximum number of mangoes in any box is greater than eight, and there are m such boxes. What is the maximum number of mangoes that can be there in a…

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17 boxes have altogether 100 mangoes. Each box has at least one mango. Number of boxes with exactly 6, 7 and 8 mangoes is 2, 3 and 4 respectively. The maximum number of mangoes in any box is greater than eight, and there are m such boxes. What is the maximum number of mangoes that can be there in a box which makes the count of such boxes maximum?

Soham Mullick · Answer

9 mangoes should be the maximum count so that 3 such boxes are there ach with 9 mangoes and remaining 8 mangoes go to 5 boxes remaining.

அட்சய் விக்னேஷ் மோகனசுந்தரம் · Answer

2 mangoes each

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