SOLUTION: Chipper and Dalie collected 32 acorns on Monday and stored them with their acorn supply. After Chipper fell asleep,Dalie ate half the acorns. This pattern continued through Frida

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: Chipper and Dalie collected 32 acorns on Monday and stored them with their acorn supply. After Chipper fell asleep,Dalie ate half the acorns. This pattern continued through Friday night, with 32 acorns being added and half the supply being eaten. On Saturday morning, Chipper counted the acorns and found that they had only 35. How many acorns had they started with on Monday morning?
Is this right?
126+32=158 divided by 2 =79 Monday
79+32=112 divided by 2 = 56 Tuesday
56+32=88 divided by 2 = 44 Wednesday
44+32=76 divided by 2 = 38 Thursday
38 +32= 70 divided by 2 =35 Friday
Saturday 35 were left. Friday there had to be 70 because 1/2 were eated leaving 35 so what plus 32=70 is 38. I started on Friday and worked backward. So they started with 79 acorns? Right?
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Answer by ilana(307) About Me  (Show Source):
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Nice job working backwards. The only problem is your conclusion- according to your work they started with 126 acorns.