मालिनी ऐसे हार बनाना चाहती है जिनमें से प्रत्येक में 18 समुद्री सीपियाँ हों। उसने 200 सीपियाँ इकट्ठी कीं, जिनमें से 3 टूटी हुई थीं। इस स्थिति के लिए निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कथन सही है?

Some friends decided to go on a picnic and the amount fixed for expenditure was ₹ 768. Due to the non-arrival of four friends, each participating friend had to bear an additional amount of ₹ 16. How many friends participated in the picnic?

From a certain number of apples, a man sells half the number of apples plus 1 to the first customer, sells 13 of the remaining apples plus 1 to the second customer, and 15 of the remaining apples plus 1 to the third customer. He then finds that he has 3 apples left. How many apples did he have initially?