We have,
Let the total number of flower=x
At reach Ist temple=x−x2=x2
At reach second temple
=x2−x2×12
=x2−x4=x4
At reach third temple
=x4−x4×12
=x4−x8
=x8
According to given question,
x8=3
⇒x=24
Hence, this is the answer.
Solve the following:Radha takes some flowers in a basket and visits three temples one-by-one. At each temple, she offers one half of the flowers from the basket. If she is left with 3 flowers at the end, then find the number of flowers she had in the beginning.
In a basket there are 4913 flowers. A man goes to a number of temples and offers as many flowers in each temple as there are temples in the city. In all, he needs 17 baskets of flowers. Find the number of temples in the city.