Polly has a certain number of dollar bills in her purse and no change. She spends half the

money on a scarf and gives $1 to a homeless person outside the store. She spends half the

remaining dollars for lunch and tips the waiter $2. She then spends half of what she has

left for a CD, and just before she goes home she spends $3 on a smoothie. She has $1

left. How many dollars did she begin with?

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Paola Sutton

Mathematics

7 June, 14:58

Polly has a certain number of dollar bills in her purse and no change. She spends half the

money on a scarf and gives $1 to a homeless person outside the store. She spends half the

remaining dollars for lunch and tips the waiter $2. She then spends half of what she has

left for a CD, and just before she goes home she spends $3 on a smoothie. She has $1

left. How many dollars did she begin with?

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Landen Farmer · Answer 1

Answer: $42

Step-by-step explanation:

she is left with $1 plus $3 spent on smoothie equals $4 $4*2=$8+2 tip to waiter equals $10. $10*2=$20+1 given to homeless person equals $21. $21*2=$42