Question

There are flowers in a basket which are to be distributed to five persons standing in a row. The second person received half of the no. Of flowers given to the first person , the third person received half of the no. Of flowers received to the second person; the fourth person received half of the no. Of flowers recived to the third person and the fifth person received half of the no. Of flowers received to the fourth person. If the fifth person received only one flower & there is no flower remaining in the basket , how many flowers were their in the basket?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

31 flowers

Step-by-step explanation:

the 5th person gets 1 flower

the 4th person gets 2 flowers

the 3rd person gets 4 flowers

the 2nd person gets 8 flowers

and the first person gets 16 flowers