Three sisters (R, S, and T) received a total of 24 toys during Christmas. The…

GATE · 2011 · TF · General Aptitude

Three sisters (R, S, and T) received a total of 24 toys during Christmas. The toys were initially divided among them in a certain proportion. Subsequently, R gave some toys to S which doubled the share of S. Then S in turn gave some of her toys to T, which doubled T’s share. Next, some of T’s toys were given to R, which doubled the number of toys that R currently had. As a result of all such exchanges, the three sisters were left with equal number of toys. How many toys did R have originally?

  1. A.

    8

  2. B.

    9

  3. C.

    11

  4. D.

    12

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