The egg vendor calls on his first costumer and sells half his eggs and half an egg. To the second costumer he sells half of what he had left with and half an egg and to the third he sells half of what he had left and half an egg. By the way he did not broke any egg. In the end three eggs were remaining.
How many he had started with?
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31 eggs.
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After selling to 3 persons , he was left with 3 eggs.
After selling to 2 persons , he was left with 3×2 +1=7 eggs.
After selling to 1 person , he was left with 7×2 +1=15 eggs.
Before selling to 1 st person , he was having 15×2 +1=31 eggs.
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Hloo The egg vendor calls on his first costumer and sells half his eggs and half an egg. To the second costumer he sells half of what he had left with and half an egg and to the third he sells half of what he had left and half an egg. By the way he did not broke any egg. In the end three eggs were remaining.
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