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Tom had a platter of chocolate wafers. He ate 5 of
them and then gave his brother 3, he then handed
them to his ball team of 8 members. The first
player to arrive took 1, the second player took 3,
the third player took 5 and so on. When the last
player took his, the platter was empty. How many
chocolate wafers did Tom start with?