SOLUTION: Olive sell apples, 1st buyer sold half of his apples + half an apple. 2nd he sold half of what was left + half an apple, 3rd he sold half of what he had left + half an apple. If ev

Question 1033588: Olive sell apples, 1st buyer sold half of his apples + half an apple. 2nd he sold half of what was left + half an apple, 3rd he sold half of what he had left + half an apple. If every buyer receive whole apples & Oliver had no apple left,, how many apple did he start out with? 8 , 5, 1, 10 or 7?
Help me in this question please! Thank you!
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We know it can't be 8 or 10, because after dividing that in half, all we have left is whole apples. It's not 1, because that's too few apples. If we have 7 apples to start, we first sell 3-1/2, plus 1/2, making 4 whole apples sold. We now have 3 apples left. Selling 3/2 apples, plus another 1/2 apple equals 3-2, or 1 apple left. We now sell half of what we have left, which is 1/2 an apple, plus another 1/2 apple,leaving us with no apples at all, and all whole apples accounted for!!!!!!!!
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