SOLUTION: MAN JUMPS 3 FENCES TO AN APPLE TREE HE PICKS APPLES ON THE WAY BACK HE MUST GIVE EACH FARMER AT THE FENCE 1/2 OF WHAT HE HAS + 1/2 AN APPLE AFTER ALL 3 FENCES HE'S LEFT WITH ONE HO

Question 332749: MAN JUMPS 3 FENCES TO AN APPLE TREE HE PICKS APPLES ON THE WAY BACK HE MUST GIVE EACH FARMER AT THE FENCE 1/2 OF WHAT HE HAS + 1/2 AN APPLE AFTER ALL 3 FENCES HE'S LEFT WITH ONE HOW MANY DID HE START WITH
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do this one backwards
After the last fence, he has 1 apple.
Before the fence he had x apples
You are told

so he hads 3 apples before the last fence.
Now go back to fence 2

He had 7 apples before he hopped the second fence
Now all the way back to the fence closest to the tree

He started with 15 apples
He had to give 8 apples to the first farmer
4 apples to the second farmer
2 apples to the last farmer
and he ges one lousy apple for all his hard work and fence jumping
I hope it was worth it.
How about THEM apples :)
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