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Mystery of the vanishing half eggs.
An egg vendor calls on his first customer and gives him half his eggs and half an egg.
To the second customer he gives half the remaining eggs and half an egg.
He does the same with his third customer. After which he is left with 3 eggs.
By the way he doesn’t break any eggs.
How many eggs did he start with ?
Answer is 31 eggs,
To first costumer he gives 15.5 + 0.5 = 16 eggs
To second customer he gives 7.5 + 0.5 = 8 eggs
To third customer he gives 3.5 + 0.5 = 4 eggs
he keep 3 eggs with him. Total (3 + 4 + 8 + 16) becomes 31 eggs.