Tricky Riddles

Tricky riddles with answers are both tricky and crafty. They are not straight forward, requires logic reasoning and you could be fooled if you are not sharp enough.

One Egg Left

Jack is a farmer and owns a chicken farm. One day, he took a basket of fresh eggs to the market to sell.

The first person bought half of all the eggs in the basket and half an egg. Then, the second person bought half of the remaining eggs and half an egg. Later, the third person bought half of the remaining eggs and half an egg.

Now Jack’s basket has only 1 egg left. If no eggs were broken in the process, how many eggs did he originally have in his basket?

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