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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 DAVID MUST GIVE ROBERT ANOTHER 20 WATER BALLOONS, GIVING THEM EACH 60. ROBERT STARTED WITH 30 WATER BALLOONS AND DAVID WITH 90 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 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