Doubling Dragon

Algebra Level 1

A Dragon who lives in a cave doubles in size every day. On the 3 1 st 31^{\text{st}} day its fills the cave. On which day did it half fill the cave?


The answer is 30.

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1 solution

Sam Bealing
Jun 28, 2016

If the Dragon doubles in size every day then on the 3 0 th \boxed{\boxed{30^{\text{th}}}} day it half filled the cave.

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Simple standard approach.

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