Question

Radha takes some flowers in a basket and visit three temples one by one. At each temple, she offers one half of the flowers from the basket. If she is left with 3 flowers at the end, find the number of flowers she had in the beginning.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

We have,

Let the total number of flower=x

At reach Ist temple=x−  

2

x

​

=  

2

x

​

 

At reach second temple

=  

2

x

​

−  

2

x

​

×  

2

1

​

 

=  

2

x

​

−  

4

x

​

=  

4

x

​

 

At reach third temple

=  

4

x

​

−  

4

x

​

×  

2

1

​

 

=  

4

x

​

−  

8

x

​

 

=  

8

x

​

 

According to given question,

8

x

​

=3

⇒x=24

Hence, this is the answer.