a man brought some watermelons to town and sold them. he sold 1/2 more than 1/2 of what he brought and
he was left with one melon. how many melons did he bring to town?

• Let the number of melons be X. 1/2 of it is x/2. Half of half is (1/2)*(x/2)=x/4. Half more than half means (x/2)+(x/4). So minus this with total. x-[(x/2)+(x/4)]=1.Solve we get x=4
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• solution....
  
  let the man bought x no. of watermelons.
  a/c to question
  x-((1/2)x+1/2(1/2)x)=1
  therefore 1/4 x=1 =>x=4
  
  the man brought 4 watermelons to town
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(2)
• Take the number of watermelons as 'x'.
  he sold 1/2 more than 1/2 of what he brought.
  So, Selling melons = x/2+[(1/2)*(x/2)]=3x/4.
  Therefore Total melons=selling melons+remaining melons ==> x=3x/4 +1 ==> x=4
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