Question

Radha takes some flowers in a basket and visits 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 beginng

Answer 1

Answer:

We have,

Let the total number of flower=x

At reach Ist temple=x−2x=2x

At reach second temple

=2x−2x×21

=2x−4x=4x

At reach third temple

=4x−4x×21

=4x−8x

=8x

According to given question,

8x=3

⇒x=24

Hence, this is the answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

Radha had 24 flowers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the Radha's total flowers be = y

• Temple 1 -

Flowers offered in first Temple -

She offered half of the total flowers. So,

⇒ 1/2 × y

⇒ y/2

Flowers remaining after first Temple - y/2

$\rule{300}{1.5}$

• Temple 2 -

Half of y/2 =

⇒ y/2 × 1/2

⇒ y/4

Flowers remaining after Temple 2 - y/4

$\rule{300}{1.5}$

• Temple 3 -

Half of y/4 =

⇒ y/4 × 1/2

⇒ y/8

Flowers remaining = y/8

At the end she is left with 3 flowers, so,

⇒ y/8 = 3

⇒ y = 8 × 3

⇒ y = 24

Total flowers = 24

Therefore, Radha had 24 flowers.