Chip and Dale collected 64 acorns on Monday and stored them with their acorn supply. After Chip fell asleep, Dale ate half the acorns. This pattern continued through Friday night, with 64 acorns being added and half the supply being eaten. On Saturday morning, Chip counted the acorns and found that they had only 70. How many acorns had they started with on Monday morning?

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Chip and Dale collected 64 acorns on Monday and stored them with their acorn supply.  After Chip fell asleep, Dale ate half the acorns.  This pattern continued through Friday night, with 64 acorns being added and half the supply being eaten. On Saturday morning, Chip counted the acorns and found that they had only 70. How many acorns had they started with on Monday morning?

wolfe8 · Answer

Here: http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/finance/Money_Word_Problems.faq.question.56012.html 2 ways of solving it with explanation :) Apply it to your question (this one uses different values)

anonymous · Answer

thanks so much

wolfe8 · Answer

Here's another tip: if you really cannot do a question, try and Google it first to see if there are already explanations out there. It will save you time and prevent unnecessary work :) Although if you need specifically live discussion then I have no problem with that :)

anonymous · Answer

I did google it but I dont trust it because there is different answers for each one

wolfe8 · Answer

Ah well let me check my link then.

wolfe8 · Answer

Well it seems both solutions on that page agree with each other :)