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17 August, 04:51

Ryan sold half of his comic books and then bought seven more. He now has 36. With how many did he begin?

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  1. 17 August, 04:54
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    62

    let s be the number of comic books he had

    the sold s/2

    therefore he had s - s/2 = s/2

    then he bought 7 and had a total of 36

    therefore s/2 + 7 = 36

    > s/2 = 36 - 7

    s/2 = 31

    s = 62
  2. 17 August, 05:01
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    he had 58 comic books
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