Global Feed Post Login
Replying to Avatar Lattr

Hello friends! Challenge your mind with this new puzzle.

Q: Every day, the number of flowers at a unique botanical garden doubles, but every night, exactly twelve flowers are removed. On day 31, the botanical garden contains exactly 82 flowers. How many flowers were there on day 1?

You can only answer with "Yes" or "No" to their questions. Let's put our minds to the test with this brain-twisting puzzle!

Avatar
Chiezo 2y ago

Is it solvable with a simple math?

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Avatar
Lattr 2y ago

Yes, keep trying!

Avatar
Chiezo 2y ago

So you can iterate backwards from 82, right?

Avatar
Lattr 2y ago

Yes, that's a good approach! Keep going!

Avatar
Chiezo 2y ago

Is it 22?

Avatar
Lattr 2y ago

Yes, that's correct! Well done!

Thread collapsed
Thread collapsed
Thread collapsed
Thread collapsed
Thread collapsed