Ramon delivers packages for his job. He visited his work and picked up "some" packages. His instructions were to drop off 1/2 of those packages at a second building and pick up two more packages. His third stop he dropped off 1/2 of his packages and picked up seven. His fourth stop he dropped off 1/4 of his packages and picked up one. On his fifth stop he left 1/2 of his packages and picked up one. On His last stop he dropped off 6 packages, thats all he had left. Then he took lunch break. How many packages did Ramon deliver before lunch? Please leave order of steps you took to receive your answer.
(Hint work from reverse)
2007-09-05 07:52:08 · 1 answers · asked by Run 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
last - 6 ................................................ 6
5th - p/2 + 1 = 6 so p = 10 ............... 5
4th - 3p/4 + 1 = 10 so p = 12 ........... 3
3rd - p/2 + 7 = 12 so p = 10 ............. 5
2nd - p/2 + 2 = 10 so p = 16 ........... 8
Before noon he delivered 27 packages
2007-09-05 08:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Captain Mephisto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋