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math help!
please! i really need help/ answer for this problem- its for extra credit and i really need it. please somebody i have no clue!
Little Red Riding Hood was taking a basket of walnuts to her granny. Along came the wolf and demanded half of the nuts. But luckily Red found another nut along the road. Then the wolf returned and took half the nuts she had. A kindly squirrel gave her two more. When the wolf returned the last time, he settled for only one fourth of her nuts. Red made it to her granny's with 15 nuts. How many did she start with?
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It depends. I was confused. When you said the worf demmanded half the nuts and then returned and took half the nuts does that mean that he took half the nuts two times. or just once.
If two times then 70 nuts
If one time then 35 nuts
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working backwards 3/4 = 15
1/4=5
18before squerrels 2
before wolf 36
before finding 1 , 35
35 is your answer
it never states that the wolf recieved and nutd the first time.
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start at the end instead of the beginning and add or subtract them
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She started with 70. the wolf took half. 35 left. she found 1. 36 left. took half.18 left got 2 from squirel. 20. took a fourth. 15 left
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