Can someone help me sort this problem out as a formula, while explaining the reasoning? Also, could someone classify what kind of word problem this is? Thanks!

A thief steals a number of rare plants from a nursery. On the way out, the thief meets three security guards, one after another. To each security guard, the thief is forced to give one-half the plants that he still has, plus 2 more. Finally, the thief leaves the nursery with 1 lone palm. How many plants were originally stolen?

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This forum is not for the purpose of helping solve your specific math problems. This forum is only for support of Smath Studio, i.e problems, bugs, questions regarding the use of Smath Studio.

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Okiees...Thanks..!.. but i want to know about this SMath Studio tools. Is there any thread related to that...

You can review the wiki in this link: https://smath.com/wiki/

Oscar

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You can review the wiki in this link: https://smath.com/wiki/

Oscar

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