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How many melons did he take to town?

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Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left.

How many melons did he take to town?

posted Jun 1, 2015 by Nikita Sehgal

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Let he have x watermelon

he sold x/2 + 1/2

remaining will be ::: x - ( x/2 + 1/2 ) = x/2 - 1/2 = 1

            ==========  x= 3
answer Jun 1, 2015 by Ankit Kamboj



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