document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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First we know that the shop still has one pie left.
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 1
\n" ); document.write( "We know that Dexter bought half a pie, so add a half
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 1.5
\n" ); document.write( "Now times two since he bought half of the pies
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 3
\n" ); document.write( "Then Phyllis bought half of a pie, so add a half
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 3.5
\n" ); document.write( "and times 2 again
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 7
\n" ); document.write( "add another half
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 7.5
\n" ); document.write( "times two
\n" ); document.write( "pie = 15
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "SO the answer is 15 pie \n" ); document.write( "

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