SOLUTION: Jared walks into a bakery and says to the owner, "I will buy half of all the pies in the store, plus half a pie." The sale is made. Phyllis then comes into the store and makes the

Question 11486: Jared walks into a bakery and says to the owner, "I will buy half of all the pies in the store, plus half a pie." The sale is made. Phyllis then comes into the store and makes the same statement and purchase. Then Dexter does likewise. The owner then has exactly one pie left. How many pies did the owner have in the store at the outset?
Answer by usyim88hk(158) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First we know that the shop still has one pie left.
pie = 1
We know that Dexter bought half a pie, so add a half
pie = 1.5
Now times two since he bought half of the pies
pie = 3
Then Phyllis bought half of a pie, so add a half
pie = 3.5
and times 2 again
pie = 7
add another half
pie = 7.5
times two
pie = 15
:
SO the answer is 15 pie
RELATED QUESTIONS
A customer walks into a bakery, where there is a try and brownies. The customer says... (answered by ewatrrr,josmiceli)

The Pie Shop sells pies cut into 4 slices. Tom is buying pies for his kids and their... (answered by josmiceli)

The New Howard Bakery wants to make a 60% profit on the cost of its pies. To calculate... (answered by Cromlix,MathTherapy)

The store is selling lemons at $0.42 each. Each lemon yields about 2 tablespoons of... (answered by ikleyn,josgarithmetic)

Write a system of linear equations to represent the situation. Then, answer the question... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Help Help Help PLEASE!!! The Sunshine Bakery sells pies at a fixed price of,p, per... (answered by stanbon)

The pie store is having a 20 percent off sale on all of its pies. If the pie you want... (answered by ikleyn,MathTherapy)

Kylie was buying pies at the store for her co-workers on Thanksgiving. She needs a total... (answered by solve_for_x)

Castel and Gabriella are selling pies for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy apple... (answered by jojo14344)