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Ali,s cat had a litter of kittens. She sold half the litter to a pet store. She gave half of the rest to a neighbor and half of what was then left to her best friend. Ali kept one kitten for herself. How many kittens were in the original litter?
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Work backwards
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document.write( "Before giving  of the remaining cats to friend, she had twice the amount she kept, or 2(1), or 2
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document.write( "Before giving  of remaining cats to neighbor, she had twice the previous remaining number, or 2(2), or 4
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document.write( "Before selling  of the beginning number of cats, she had twice the previous remaining number, or 2(4), or 8\r
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document.write( "She started out with \r
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document.write( "After selling , she had  left
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document.write( "After giving away  of REMAINDER to neighbor, she had  of , or  left
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document.write( "After giving away  of REMAINDER to friend, she had  of , or  left
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document.write( "She kept  which represents 1
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document.write( "We can then say that: , with C being number of cats she started with
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document.write( "Number she started with, or C = , or  \n" );
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