If you have 3 bottles, but you gave 1. Then you got another 3 bottles, this time you did not give 1 but throw 1. Then this time again you got 3 bottles, but you gave 2 and later you got 2. How many bottles do you have if somebody gave you 3 more bottles?
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Explanation:
After the initial sequence of events, you have 4 bottles:
- Initially, you had 3 bottles.
- You gave away 1, so you had 2 bottles left.
- You got 3 more bottles, so you had 5 bottles.
- You threw 1 away, so you had 4 bottles left.
- You gave away 2, so you had 2 bottles left.
- You got 2 more bottles, so you had 4 bottles.
If somebody gave you 3 more bottles, then you would have a total of 7 bottles.