man with basket of eggs

[docbabloo]

man is walking down a road with basket full of eggs . as he go he meet 1 man who buy one half of his eggs plus 1 half an egg . then another man buy one half of his eggs and one half of an egg . then 3rd man buy his 1 half of eggs plus 1 half of an egg . how many eggs he start with .

[ALLO5775]

a basket full!?

[ladorada]

how can you buy one half of an egg? one egg or nothing!

[GetOverIt]

ladora - if you have, say, 13 eggs, and someone buys half your eggs plus half an egg, they buy 6 and a half, plus a half.

Thats how you have half an egg !

[GetOverIt]

The answer's seven.

1st man buys 3 and a 1/2 + 1/2 = 4 leaving 3
2nd man buy 1 and a 1/2 +1/2 = 2 leaving 1
3 man buys 1/2 + 1/2 = 1