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King Vikramaditya has two magic swords. With one, he can cut off 19 heads of a dragon, but after that, the dragon grows 13 heads. With the other sword, he can cut off 7 heads, but 22 new heads grow. If all heads are cut off, the dragon dies. If the dragon has originally 1000 heads, can it ever die?
Solution
No. of heads of dragon = 1000
sword 1: cuts 19 heads but 13 heads grow back.
sword 2: cuts 7 heads but 22 heads grow back.
Let n be the number of heads of the dragon at the initial state.
Case 1: King uses Sword 1
Sword 1 cuts off 19 heads but 13 heads grow back.
n : = n – 19 + 13 = n – 6 No. of heads are reduced by 6.
Case 2: King uses Sword 2
Sword 2 cuts 7 heads but 22 heads grow back.
n : = n – 7 + 22 = n + 15
No. of heads are increased by 15.
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