document.write( "Question 1077548: Cybthia's donates oranges to a senior home. In week 1 she took 1/10 of the total of her oranges to the senior home; she took 1/9 of the left over oranges in week 2; she took 1/8 of the left over oranges in week 3; she took 1/7 of the left over oranges in week 4 and so on until week 9. In week 9 she took 1/2 of the left over oranges; and she took all 10 left over oranges from the tree in week 10. What was the total number of oranges on the tree at the beginning?
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Cybthia's donates oranges to a senior home. In week 1 she took 1/10 of the total of her oranges to the senior home; she took 1/9 of the left over oranges in week 2; she took 1/8 of the left over oranges in week 3; she took 1/7 of the left over oranges in week 4 and so on until week 9. In week 9 she took 1/2 of the left over oranges; and she took all 10 left over oranges from the tree in week 10. What was the total number of oranges on the tree at the beginning?
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1st week: Remainder = 
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document.write( "2nd week: Remainder = 
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document.write( "3rd week: Remainder = 
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document.write( "Do you now see a pattern/sequence? If not, I do!\r
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document.write( "Term/Week 1: Remainder =  
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document.write( "Term/Week 2: Remainder = 
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document.write( "We can then say that the REMAINDER-rule is: , with n being the term/week number  \r
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document.write( "Term/Week 9, or 
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document.write( "Week 9’s remainder is also the amount she had at the beginning of week 10
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document.write( "Therefore, with original number of oranges being Y, we can say that:  \n" );
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