Saturday, November 19, 2011

If ina pond, lotus flowers doubles each day and pond gets full in 30 days when was the pond half full?

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If ina pond, lotus flowers doubles each day and pond gets full in 30 days when was the pond half full?
Day 29 - then they doubled and it was full on day 30
Reply:29th day...
Reply:since it gets full on day 30 and it doubles everyday, that would mean it got half full on day 29 right?
Reply:after 29 days the pond would be half full. Then that number would double and the pond would be full on day 30.
Reply:29th day i think
Reply:When it contained 268,435,456 lotus flowers.
Reply:on the 29th day
Reply:29th day
Reply:It is unanimous - on the 29th day.
Reply:umm 29th ?
Reply:what is the 29th day
Reply:day 29
Reply:on 29th day
Reply:On the 29th day. It doubles on the 30th day and becomes full, so it must have been half full on the 29th day.
Reply:on the 29th day


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