Question

Radhka takes some flowers in a basket and visits three temples at each temple, she offers one half of the flowers from the basket if she left 3 flowers at the end, find the number of flowers she had in the gathering

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total no.of flowers Radha had at first be x.

after visiting first temple no.of flowers remaining with her=x-(x/2)

                                                                                         =x/2

after visiting second temple no.of flowers remaining with her=(x/2)-(x/4)

                                                                                              =x/4

after visiting third temple no.of flowers remaining with her=(x/4)-(x/8)

                                                                                          =x/8

at last flowers remaining are 3.

that is,

         (x/4)-(x/8)=3

       ⇒x/8=3

       ⇒x=24

∴No.of flowers she took to temple at first is 24.