a riddle with answer later?

Question

A man goes to the market and buys some eggs but on his way home he comes to a turnstile the owner says to the man to use this turnsile you must pay a penny the man says money have i none but i will give you half the eggs in the basket plus half an egg this happens a following 2 times at 2 more turnstiles when he gets home the basket is empty how many eggs did he buy at the market ?.

exactly u cant have half an egg

your not thinking but guessing

rita,malani go to the back of the class

math-kp its a question it doesnt need a mathmatical equation

Answer 1

7.final answer.figured out.

Answer 2

Seven originally


3 1/2 plus a 1/2 = 4 leaves 3
1 1/2 plus a 1/2 = 2 leaves 1
1/2 plus a 1/2 = 1 leaves none

Answer 3

Answer is 7 eggs. . He bought 7 eggs and gave first time 3and half plus half a total of 4 eggs that reduces his stock to 3 eggs second time he gives 1and half plus half, a total of 2eggs which reduces his stock to 1 at the last transaction he gives half plus half ie one egg in his hand so the balance is zero.
Purushotham

Answer 4

The correct method is to work back wards

after 3rd time remaining = 0


before it let it be x
x - (1/2x+1/2) = 0
or 1/2x = 1/2
or x =1
now before 3rd one it is 1

let it be y before 2nd one
y-(1/2y+1/2) = 1
or 1/2 y = 3/2
or y = 3

now let it be z before 1st one

so z - (1/2z+1/2) = 3
or z = 7

one can work for 2 to 3 cases.

for more than 3 principle of induction should be used

for 1 1 or 2-1
for 2 3 or 2^2-1
for 3 7 or 2^3-1

it it were n times 2^n-1
this can be proved by mathetical induction

Answer 5

7 eggs

Answer 6

How the hell do you give someone half of a fresh egg? Should have been apples or something.

Answer 7

Seven million billion eggs.

Answer 8

7.
Gives 4 at the first.
2 at the second.
And his last at the third.

Answer 9

ill say 6, coz he agreed two halves. thats a whole. then he did it twice again, so 2 x 3 = 6.
so is it 6?

Answer 10

you can't get half eggs