SOLUTION: A group of Indian Scouts went for a hike around Lake Hopowattamie. An hour into the hike, half of the hikers decided they were too tired to go on and turned around and went back t

Question 1179589: A group of Indian Scouts went for a hike around Lake Hopowattamie. An hour into the hike, half of the hikers decided they were too tired to go on and turned around and went back to camp. Five hikers decided to go for a swim in the lake. Seven hikers got a ride back to camp in the ranger’s van. Nine hikers were left to finish the hike around the lake. How many campers were there in the beginning?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The total number of scouts who went for a swim or got a ride back to camp or finished the hike was half the number that started the hike.

Do the simple calculations....

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