oops i think my first answer was wrong but i can say how to the and/an thing threw me off The answer would be 31 (X/2)-.5 Half her eggs and half an egg ((X/2)-.5)/2)-.5 another half her eggs and half an egg (((X/2)-.5)/2)-.5)/2)-.5 yet another half her eggs and half an egg Now the math (((((X/2)-.5)/2)-.5)/2)-.5 = 3 (((((X/2)-.5)/2)-.5)/2) = 3.5 (((X/2)-.5)/2)-.5 = 7 (((X/2)-.5)/2) = 7.5 (X/2)-.5 = 15 (X/2) = 15.5 X = 31 Check (((((31/2)-.5)/2)-.5)/2)-.5 (((((15.5)-.5)/2)-.5)/2)-.5 (((15/2)-.5)/2)-.5 ((7.5-.5)/2)-.5 ((7)/2)-.5 3.5-.5 3 So is that OK?
lol w/e http://www.weird-websites.com/justweird/ri...asketofeggs.htm its prety mush the exact same but a different situation....
Fire blast is correct. I am sending credits now. Let me make his explination more understandable. If she sells half of 31, she has 15.5. She can then sell half an egg, and she has 15. She sells half of 15, and she has 7.5. She can then sell half an egg, and she has 7. She sells half of 7, and she has 3.5 eggs. She can then sell half an egg, and she has 3.
Well I just read it again and it says how many(?) did she start with. How many what Eggs,chickens customers? change my answer to 1. She started with 1 chicken, but the variables are wrong here.
the person started with 31 eggs, an odd number, so to sell a whole number of eggs she would need to also sell half an egg 31/2= 15.5 you cant sell 15.5 eggs but you can sell 16
