John picked a bad of oranges to give to his friends. To the first of his friends, he gave half of the oranges he had and another one beside. to his second friend he gave half of the remaining oranges and another one beside. By this time, John had one orange left. How many did he start with?

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anonymous · Answer

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cwrw238 · Answer

before he gave oranges to second friend he had 4 oranges - giving half (2) + 1 extra leaving 1 orange.
in order to have 4 left he must have had 10 to start - giving 5 + 1 to first friend.

H e started with 10 oranges in his bag.