Jason bought 8 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. the next day his dog ate half of his collection. there are now only 40 cards left. how many cards did jason start with

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Damari Vaughn

Mathematics

19 November, 12:48

Jason bought 8 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. the next day his dog ate half of his collection. there are now only 40 cards left. how many cards did jason start with

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Fisher Farrell · Answer 1

This is pretty simple actually.

If they want how many cards before he added those 8 new ones then most likely 72 but seeming he ate half of his card and 40 isnt half of 72 we take 8+72 which equals 80. Add 40+40 or do 80/2 it comes out to be 40. So 80 cards to begin with.