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Let Akbar and Birbal together have

n

marbles, where

n > 0

. Akbar says to Birbal, “ If I give you some marbles then you will have twice as many marbles as I will have.” Birbal says to Akbar, “ If I give you some marbles then you will have thrice as many marbles as I will have.” What is the minimum possible value of

n

for which the above statements are true?

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