Self Maths Puzzle Numerical Ability Co-ordinate geometry

Imagine a square which has 4 corners and 4 edges. FOUR cats are there in all 4 edges, Rat enters the square in one corner and travels through edges , At each edge ,the hungry cat ate an X no. of rats , and remaining rats pass through next corner where each of rat gets doubled in number(if 2 rats enters ,4 rats leaves the corner) , then to next edge where the same X amount of rat is eaten and so on, twist is that Rat has to leave the square through same corner , but none left at the end!!! My queston is HOW MANY ENTERED THE SQUARE !, HOW MANY EQUAL NUMBER OF RATS ARE EATEN BY THE CATS ! (minimum possible value) remember that equal no. of rats are eaten by cats...... All the best

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Let first 15 rats enter then cat ate 8 of then
then 7 will remain, they get double to 14
after that again 8 will ate so 6 will remain
then they get double to 12
at 3rd corner cat ate 8 then 4 will remain
that will ate at 4th corner
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How did you arrive number 15 cats and 8 cats it eats?
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