Question: During a recent three-day trip to Italy, Keziah and her mom went mushroom picking. They sold all the mushrooms they picked on the first day for a total of $58. The day after, they picked 12 mushrooms. On the last day, they picked double the mushrooms they had picked the previous day. If the price per mushroom was $2, what is the total number of mushrooms they picked? Think carefully first, then make a decision:
Since each mushroom cost $2, on the first day Keziah and her mom picked and sold 58 / 2 = 29 mushrooms. After picking 12 mushrooms on the second day, the cumulative total became 29 + 12 = 41 mushrooms. On the third day, they picked double the previous day, which translates to 2 * 12 = 24 mushrooms. It therefore means that over the three days, Keziah and her mom picked a total of 41 + 24 = 65 mushrooms. So the answer is 65.