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A fifth part of a swarm of bees came to rest on a flower of kadamba, a third on the flower of silinda. Three times the difference between these two numbers flew over the flower of kutaja, and one bee alone remained in the air, attracted by a perfume of jasmine in bloom. Tell me, if you can, how many bees were in the swarm.

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answer is B.

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Concept- We have given that one fifth part of bees came to rest on flower of kadamba be

Whereas one third part of bees came to rest on flower of silinda be

So, no. of bees on the flower of kutaja be

This implies bees attracted by perfume jasmine and alone in air be one
Thus, total bees be

As a result, the LCM of 5 and 3 is 15.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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