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See the attachment, x=7
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Lengthy way & took lot of time :(
Let rice quantity = x
First customer: x - x/2 + 1/2 = (x+1)/2
Second Customer: 1/2(x - {x+1}/2) + 1/2 = (x+1)/4
Third Customer: 1/2 (x- first Customer quantity - Second Customer quantity) + 1/2 = 1/2(x - {x+1}/2 - {x+1}/4) + 1/2 = (x+1)/8

Given x = (x+1)/2 + (x+1)/4 + (x+1)/8

Solving for x, x = 7
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How are you all coming up with 1 for the Third Person, lacktutor
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suppose third person bought r amount

so r = 1/2(amount remaining after second person)+0.5

since no amount remains after third person has bought it we can say that "amount remaining after second person = r"

so now eq becomes:
r=0.5r+0.5
0.5r=0.5

gives us r=1
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