2004 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 3

Problem

At each basketball practice last week, Jenny made twice as many free throws as she made at the previous practice. At her fifth practice she made 48 free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 3 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 6 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 9 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 12\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 15$

Solution

At the fourth practice she made $48/2=24$ throws, at the third one it was $24/2=12$ , then we get $12/2=6$ throws for the second practice, and finally $6/2=3\Rightarrow\boxed{A}$ throws at the first one.

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