SOLUTION: I currently have the English Alphabet containing 26 letters. I remove two of the letters. Then , I remove one-half of the remaining letters. Then, I remove an additional one-thi

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Question 1186211: I currently have the English Alphabet containing 26 letters. I remove two of the letters. Then , I remove one-half of the remaining letters. Then, I remove an additional one-third of the remaining letters. Then I double the amount of letters I have left. Finally, I remove three-fourths of the remaining letters. How many letters do I have left?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One does not do such a thing in his own lifetime.




This quantity would not be realistic in practice.

Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I prepared the table to record the numbers, step by step / (line by line), following your steps.

                                                                   how many do you have    how many do you   how many do you have
                                                                      at the entrance       add or remove       at the exit

I currently have the English Alphabet containing 26 letters.               26                    0                  26

I remove two of the letters.                                               26                 remove 2           26- 2 = 24

Then , I remove one-half of the remaining letters.                         24                 remove 12          24-12 = 12

Then, I remove an additional one-third of the remaining letters.           12                 remove  4          12- 4 =  8

Then I double the amount of letters I have left.                            8                                      2*8 = 16

Finally, I remove three-fourths of the remaining letters.                  16                 remove 12           16-12 = 4

How many letters do I have left?                                            4                           <<<---===  ANSWER


ANSWER.  4 letters left.


Anybody,  including you,  could create such table and to fill it,  step by step.

So,  in this assignment I simply did  YOUR  JOB.

For what reason I did it for you ? - - - I don't know.

But what I learned on the way is that it is good psycho-therapy.


So, you can refill this table EVERY DAY / (daily) to improve your health.



At the end,  I hope you will post your  "THANKS"  to me   a)  for doing your job;

b)   for showing you how to do it,   and   c)  for my discovery and my advise related to psycho-therapy.




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