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a_sh-v [17]
3 years ago
3

three guards were protecting an orchard. A third met the guards,one after the other,To each guard he gave half of the apples he

has at the time and two extra . Eventually he escaped with just one apple. How many apples did the thief take? Fellow up questions for extension. What if he had 2 left? 3 left? 4 left?​
Mathematics
2 answers:
podryga [215]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The thief stole 36 apples originally.

Step-by-step explanation:

The thief left the orchard with 1 apple.

which means:

​∴  before meeting the 3rd watchman, he must have had ​=6 apples.

​∴  before meeting the 2nd watchman, he must have had ​=16 apples.

​∴  before meeting the 1st watchman, he must have had ​=36 apples.

​(1+2)×2

​(6+2)×2

​(16+2)×2

​​

So, the thief stole 36 apples originally.

garri49 [273]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

<em>The thief took 36 apples.</em>

Step-by-step explanation:

This problem can be solved from end to beginning.

The thief ends up with a single apple. This happed after he gave half of the apples he had and two extra apples.

Thus, adding two apples 1+2=3 and doubling the result, the thief had 3*2=6 apples when he met the last guard.

Before that, he gave 2 apples to the second guard, thus he had 6+2=8 apples. Doubling it 8*2=16 is the number of apples he had when met the second guard.

Doing this again, 16+2=18. 18*2=36.

The thief took 36 apples.

Gave 18+2=20 to the first guard. He had 36-20=16 now.

Gave 8+2=10 to the second guard. He had 16-10=6 now.

Gave 3+2=5 to the third guard and got away with just one apple

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