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Today is Ramanujan birthday.
A year Ago on his birthday, he had five candles and he lit all except the last one.
Today he is going to light all the candles.
How old is Ramanujan Today?
Note: He is not turning five today.
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He is following Binary system…
Answer is 31 ….
At first l l l l 0 == 30
After that l l l l l == 31
. (1*2^4+1*2^3+1*2^2+1*2^1+1*2^0== 30)
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The Candles represent binary number.
So year ago Ramanujan lit 4 candles out of 5.
Which means his age in binary was 11110 = 30
This year he lits all 5 candles.
So Ramanujan’s age is 11111 = 31.
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He is of 4year old boy today
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He is going to turn 4 years today. As in birthday 1 more candel is litted up then the age of the Birthday Boy/girl.In last year he lit 4 candles and blown 3 candles so he was 3 years then.But today as he became 4 years old so he will lit up all the candles (5).