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How many times would the painter required to paint number 9?

How many times would the painter required to paint number 9?
How many times would the painter required to paint number 9? 

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It was weekend day around noon time, Manahil, the female architect of newly under construction skyscraper hotel project in Dubai, UAE was shopping her abaya from one of the branded outlets inside from Dubai Mall while husband Abeer buying home groceries from grocery store. After coming out of the ladies garments shop, she felt thirsty so sat outside Juice Bar to quench her thirst and ordered waitress to fetch fresh orange juice to drink. Meanwhile, she received a call from Abeer in her smart phone, informing her that he had bought weekly groceries items, asked her whereabouts so Manahil guided him to reach there.

When he reached, saw she was reading WhatsApp messages in mobile phone and drinking juice, suddenly she received a phone call from the CEO of company instructed her to reach immediately on site. Hearing his call, Manahil face went down, apprised Abeer the entire situation, she opened the Uber app and then booked a ride.

Hurriedly she reached there, went inside site office, the project manager stunned to see she was looking pretty in her bodycon dress. It was an embarrassing moment for Manahil because sleeveless attire revealing her curvy figure before a male colleague as she was not expecting such business call at such odd hours.

Notwithstanding, realizing job challenge, she decided to move forward while listening the problem she was reminded that the skyscraper had 1,000 hotel rooms but they confronted one major problem during painting and that was how many times would the painter required to paint the number 9 in each of hotel room?   

Listening to this business query like a riddle, Manahil couldn't utter the answer so she insisted him to take her towards some of the hotel rooms. When she stepped outside of elevator, site workers attention diverted towards her hourglass body for a moment, looking at such curvy figure, reminisced about Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, and Kim Kardashian among site among labors.

It was a hot weather at hotel project site, Manahil was looking hot, but sweating pouring from her forehead prompted her to open her purse and she sprayed deodorant over her entire body in front of site workers including project manager. The fragrance was so alluring that had attracted most men seductively unintentionally towards her. Standing the hotel room balcony from the fifty nine floor, Manahil indulged to see the downtown Dubai but she couldn't stayed for long time due to hot winds. Seeing her in irritating, she was informed that air conditioning units hadn't installed yet.

Later on there she saw painters painting the wall of hotel rooms so met one of the painter whom he apprised the problem. Unexpectedly one of the painter from India to whom she was talking, he had short height in front of the tall height of Manahil, every time she had to lower down her chin to see.

After deliberation, the solution came out of her mind ultimately. While replying to business query like riddle, Manahil spoken that a painter would be needed to paint the number nine 9 two hundred 200 times on each of hotel door and in that way the correct numbers would be 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99, 109, 119, 129, 139, 149, 159, 169, 179, 189, 199, 209, 219, 229, 239, 249, 259, 269, 279, 289, 299, 309, 319, 329, 339, 349, 359, 369, 379, 389, 399, 409, 419, 429, 439, 449, 459, 469, 479, 489, 499, 509, 519, 529, 539, 549, 559, 569, 579, 589, 599, 609, 619, 629, 639, 649, 659, 669, 679, 689, 699, 709, 719, 729, 739, 749, 759, 769, 779, 789, 799, 809, 819, 829, 839, 849, 859, 869, 879, 889, 899, 901, 919, 929, 939, 949, 959, 969, 979, 989 and 999.

Manahil was appreciated of her acumen the way she solved this riddle at eleventh hour practically. But much time had passed when she reached home at quarter to ten and her weekend was spoiled because of urgent office work. Standing in front of mirror of dressing table, tired Manahil was wishing lest urgent business call should not come again so had switched off her mobile phone, and lay on the bed to sleep.

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