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Abeer has 14 novels. Abeer’s friend Sanjay takes 3 of them and gives 2 novels to Abeer. Abeer donates 7 novels but buys 4. Joy takes 4 novels from Abeer and gives him 5. Abeer takes one novel from Sanjay and gives to Joy in exchange for 3 more. Abeer gives those 3 novels to Sanjay and he gives Abeer a novel and a magazine. Rahul takes the magazine which Sanjay gave to Abeer and gives Abeer a textbook. Abeer gives the text book to Joy in exchange for a novel. Rahul takes the novel from Sanjay, gives it to Joy for a magazine and gives Abeer the magazine for a novel. How many textbooks does Abeer have?
1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
In total, Abeer took part in 8 transactions.
0. Abeer had 14 novels.
1. Gave 3 and received 2 novels. Thus, Abeer had 14 - 3 + 2 = 13 novels.
2. Donated 7 and bought 4 novels. Thus, he had 13 - 7 + 4 = 10 novels.
3. Gives 4 to Joy and takes 5. Thus, he had 10 - 4 + 5 = 11 novels.
4. Gets 3 from Joy. Thus, he had 11 + 3 = 14 novels.
5. Gives 3 to Sanjay and gets 1 novel and 1 magazine. Thus, he had 14 - 3 + 1 = 12 novels and 1 magazine.
6. Gives the magazine to Rahul in exchange for a textbook. Thus, he had 12 novels and 1 textbook.
7. Gives the textbook to Joy and takes a novel. Thus, he had 12 + 1 = 13 novels.
8. Gives Rahul a novel and gets a magazine. Thus, he had 13 - 1 = 12 novels and 1 magazine.
Thus, Abeer does not have any textbooks.
Hence, the answer is option A.
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