a confectioner decides to sell all of his pastry due to the coming holiday . his pastry goods are equally divided among a group of 50 regular customers . if only 49 customers come to the bakery , each one will receive 6 less pastry goods . how much pastry does the confectioner needs to sell ?
"pastry is divided in 50 customers equally . so , total number of pastry must be a multiple of 50 only option a satisfies the condition , and hence is the answer"
multiply(divide(multiply(49, 6), subtract(49, 50)), 50)