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THEY WILL NEVER STEP OUT WITH RIGHT FEET TOGETHER. FOR EVERY THREE STEPS, THEY WILL BOTH STEP OUT TOGETHER. BUT THE SEQUENCE WILL BE (SHORT MAN-TALL MAN) LEFT-LEFT, RIGHT-LEFT, LEFT-LEFT, RIGHT-LEFT AND SO ON 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 THIS ONE IS BEST SOLVED WORKING BACKWARDS, THE LAST PART DAVID SPENT HALF OF WHAT WAS LEFT PLUS $1.00 ON CANDY AND THEN WAS OUT OF MONEY. THAT MEANS HE MUST HAVE SPENT $2.00 ON CANDY AS $1.00 WAS HALF OF WHAT HE HAD USING THE SAME LOGIC BACKWARDS: $2.00 ON CANDY $6.00 ON BALLOONS AND STREAMERS $12.00 ON THE CAKE TOTAL OF $20.00 DAVID MUST GIVE ROBERT ANOTHER 20 WATER BALLOONS, GIVING THEM EACH 60. ROBERT STARTED WITH 30 WATER BALLOONS AND DAVID WITH 90