I had a certain amount of candies with me. I gave half of them with one more to my first son. Then, I gave the remaining half with one more to the younger son. Now I was left with just one candy.
How much candies did I have in the beginning? Choose the correct choice from the following choices:
A) 10	B) 15	C) 22	D) 25	E) 12
A   I had 10 candies in the beginning.   Explanation:   Let us take and solve this problem in the reverse direction.   At the end, I was left with 1 candy. Let me take the extra one candy back from my younger son. Now since I gave him half of what I had, we must be having the same number of candies. I have 2, which means he also have 2. This implies that I was left with 4 candies after I gave some to the elder son.   Let me take back the extra candy from my elder son now. Now I have 5 candies. Since I gave him half of what I had, he must be having 5 candies as well. Thus, I had 10 candies in the beginning.
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I had a certain amount of candies with me. I gave half of them with one more to my first son. Then, I gave the remaining half with one more to the younger son. Now I was left with just one candy.
How much candies did I have in the beginning?