Miriam bought a bushel of apples from the apple orchard to bake apple pies for a bake sale. She started with 126 apples. After the first day of baking, she had 108 apples left. After the second day, she had 90 apples. After the third day, she had 72 apples left. If she continues this pattern, how many apples will she have left after 7 days of baking?

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Eric Gentry

17 January, 18:07

Miriam bought a bushel of apples from the apple orchard to bake apple pies for a bake sale. She started with 126 apples. After the first day of baking, she had 108 apples left. After the second day, she had 90 apples. After the third day, she had 72 apples left. If she continues this pattern, how many apples will she have left after 7 days of baking?

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Dalia Bray · Answer 1

Miriam will have no apples left after the 7th day of baking.

Here is the number of apples she will have after each day starting with after the 1st day of baking.

126, 108 (1st day), 90 (2nd day), 72 (3rd day), 54 (4th day), 36 (5th day), 18 (6th day), 0 (7th day).

Each day the number of apples decreases by 18.