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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 <math>48</math> free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice? | 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 <math>48</math> free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice? | ||
| − | <math>\mathrm {(A)} 3 \qquad \mathrm {(B)} 6\qquad \mathrm {(C)} 9 \qquad \mathrm {(D)} 12 \qquad \mathrm {(E)} 15</math> | + | <math>\mathrm{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \mathrm{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \mathrm{(C)}\ 9 \qquad \mathrm{(D)}\ 12 \qquad \mathrm{(E)}\ 15</math> |
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==Solution== | ==Solution== | ||
Revision as of 16:26, 29 October 2009
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 
free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice?
Solution
Each day Jenny makes half as many free throws as she does at the next practice. Hence on the fourth day she made 
free throws, on the third 
, on the second 
, and on the first 
.
See Also
| 2004 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by First Question |
Followed by Problem 2 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
