Oranges generously given out
Asmira has some oranges. She gives half an orange more than half the oranges she had to Ahmed.Then she gives half an orange more than half the oranges she had remaining, to Sharif.Then she finds that she has one orange left. How many oranges did Asmira originally have ? By the way, she never had to cut an orange.
The answer is 7.
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Ahmed gets=(x+1)/2 oranges Sharif gets=(x+1)/4 oranges Remaining=>x-(x+1)/4+(x+1)/4=1 =>(x-3)/4=1=>x=7