On thursday carissa ate some cranberries. the next day she couldn't stop thinking about how good the cranberries were and ate seven more cranberries than she had eaten on thursday. each day after that she ate seven more cranberries than the day before. by the following wednesday night, she had eaten a total of 161 cranberries for the whole week. how many cranberries did carissa eat on thursday? extra: since carissa would probably get sick eating so many cranberries, let's pretend. if she were to continue this pattern, each day eating seven more cranberries than the day before, on which day would she eat 499 cranberries for her daily total?