A vendor had a basket of water melons. Her first costumer said, " sell me half of your water melons plus 1/2 of one water melon." The vendor did so. A second costumer said, “ sell me half of your water melons plus 1/2 of one water melon." The vendor did do too. A third costumer came and said the same thing as the other two said and when the vendor sold him what he wanted, all her water melons were sold. How many water melons were originally in the basket? Select one: а. 20 O b. 32 О с. 7 O d. 15

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A vendor had a basket of water melons.
Her first costumer said, " sell me half of
your water melons plus 1/2 of one water
melon." The vendor did so. A second
costumer said, “ sell me half of your
water melons plus 1/2 of one water
melon." The vendor did do too. A third
costumer came and said the same thing
as the other two said and when the
vendor sold him what he wanted, all her
water melons were sold. How many
water melons were originally in the
basket?
Select one:
O a. 20
O b. 32
С. 7
O d. 15
Transcribed Image Text:A vendor had a basket of water melons. Her first costumer said, " sell me half of your water melons plus 1/2 of one water melon." The vendor did so. A second costumer said, “ sell me half of your water melons plus 1/2 of one water melon." The vendor did do too. A third costumer came and said the same thing as the other two said and when the vendor sold him what he wanted, all her water melons were sold. How many water melons were originally in the basket? Select one: O a. 20 O b. 32 С. 7 O d. 15
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