The man entered an orchard that had 7 guards and picked some apples. when he left, he gave the first guard half his apples and 1 apple more. to the second guard, he gave half his remaining apples and 1 more. he did the same to each of the remaining five guards and left the orchard with 1 apple. how many apples did he gather in all? explain how you solved the problem.

896 apples

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to order this data to solve the problem. "X" will be the total number of apples he collected.

"He gave the first guard half of his apples and 1 apple more". Mathematically:

"To the second guard, he gave half his remaining apples and 1 more". Mathematically:

"He did the same to each of the remaining five guards". Mathematically:

Now we need to calculate "X" (total number of apples he collected). Let's sum all of the data above, that's our "X":

Solving this equation results in X = 896 apples.

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