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The first person to answer the following brainteaser correctly gets ElectronicGreetingCards.us. Good luck.
Farmer Giles has just a basket of eggs from his free range hens.
As he walks back to the farmhouse he meets someone who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. After proceeding further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?
Farmer Giles has just a basket of eggs from his free range hens.
As he walks back to the farmhouse he meets someone who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. After proceeding further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?
