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prealgebra senior

Problem

Each day, Jenny ate of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We can begin by labeling the number of initial jellybeans . If she ate of the jellybeans, then is remaining. Hence, after day 1, there are: After day 2, there are: or jellybeans. , so
Final answer
B