SOLUTION: a thief steals a number of plants from a nursery. on the way out he meets three guards one after another. to each guard he is forced to give half of the plants he still had plus 2.
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Question 1120494: a thief steals a number of plants from a nursery. on the way out he meets three guards one after another. to each guard he is forced to give half of the plants he still had plus 2. he leaves with 15. how many were originally stolen? Found 2 solutions by solver91311, josmiceli:Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number originally stolen
After 1st guard, he has
After 2nd guard, he has
After the 3rd guard he has
And
He stole 148 plants
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