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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4 September, 09:52

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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Anabel Obrien · Answer 1

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

Beaux · Answer 2

he had 58 comic books