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### Instruction:
Andy had a platter of chocolate cookies. He ate 3 of them then gave his little brother 5 because he was behaving. He then handed the platter to his basketball team of eight members. The first player to arrive took 1, the second player to arrive took 3, the third player took 5, and so on. When the last player took his share, the platter was empty. How many chocolate cookies did Andy have from start with?

### Response:
Andy and his brother ate 5 + 3 = <<5+3=8>>8 cookies in total.
The nth term of the sequence for the number of players taking 2n-1 cookies in 2 is 2n-1 = 2(2n-1) -1.
The number of players is 8 so the last player took a total of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 = 64 cookies.
In total Andy had 8 + 64 = <<8+64=72>>72 cookies to start with before they were all eaten.
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