Question

How many Apples were there initially?
Mary has a box full of apples:



First, Tom takes out two more than half of the apples.

Then, Linda takes out two fewer than half of the remaining apples.

Now, there are only 20 apples left in the box.

How many apples were there in the box originally?

Answer 1

Answer:

55, should be the answer

not sure

Answer 2

there are 21 apples in the box