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HE HAD 15 EGGS. THE FIRST PERSON BOUGHT HALF OF THE 15 EGGS WHICH IS 7½ EGGS AND ANOTHER ½ EGG. SO HE BOUGHT 8 EGGS IN TOTAL AND JACK IS LEFT WITH 7 EGGS. THE SECOND PERSON BOUGHT HALF OF THE REMAINING 7 EGGS WHICH IS 3½ EGGS AND ANOTHER ½ EGG. SO HE BOUGHT 4 EGGS AND JACK IS LEFT WITH 3 EGGS. THE LAST PERSON BOUGHT HALF OF THE REMAINING 3 EGGS WHICH IS 1½ EGGS AND ANOTHER ½ EGG. SO THE LAST PERSON BOUGHT 2 EGGS. THAT LEAVES 1 EGG REMAINING IN JACK'S BASKET DON IS OUT THE EXTRA DOLLAR. BEFORE THE PAWN BROKER WILL RETURN THE $2 TO THE TICKET HOLDER, HE WILL WANT THE $1.50 WHICH HE ADVANCED RETURNED TO HIM. DON WILL GIVE THE PAWN BROKER THE TICKET AND THE $1.50, AND THE PAWN BROKER WILL THEN RETURN THE $2 THE WIZARD BROUGHT THE ROSEBUSH TO HER HOME AT NIGHT AND RETURNED HER TO THE GARDEN IN THE MORNING. THEREFORE, SHE WAS THE ONLY PLANT WITHOUT DEW THE CONTENTS OR THE TEN ENVELOPES (IN DOLLAR BILLS) SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: $1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489. THE FIRST NINE NUMBERS ARE IN GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION, AND THEIR SUM, DEDUCTED FROM 1,000, GIVES THE CONTENTS OF THE TENTH ENVELOPE