A group of 30 tourists sets out on a walking tour of the rainforest. Two tourists are eaten by anacondas, then half the remaining tourists try to pet poisonous dart frogs and get poisoned. If only 1/7 of the poisoned tourists recovered, how many tourists are left at the end of the tour? Give me reasons, before answering the question
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First, subtract the two tourists the anacondas got from the initial 30 tourists: 30 - 2 = 28. Next, divide 28 by two to find out how many tourists got poisoned: 28 / 2 = 14. Now figure out how many of the 14 poisoned tourists recovered: 14 / 7 = 2. The total number of surviving tourists is 14 + 2 = 16. So the final answer is 16.
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