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18-10-2016
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Jordan takes 50% of the cherries from a bowl. Then Mei takes 50% of the remaining cherries. Finally, Greg takes 50% of the remaining cherries. There are 3 cherries left. How many cherries where in the bowl before Jordan arrived?

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18-10-2016

so it's basically 3x2x2x2
3x2=6
6x2=12
12x2=24
there were 24 cherries before he arrived

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