SOLUTION: Tom sold a camera for $85.00. This was $30 more than half the amount he paid for it. What price did he pay for the camera?

SOLUTION: Tom sold a camera for $85.00. This was $30 more than half the amount he paid for it. What price did he pay for the camera?

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Question 1046103: Tom sold a camera for $85.00. This was $30 more than half the amount he paid for it. What price did he pay for the camera?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What he paid for it was x.
85.00=(1/2)x+30
(1/2)x=55
x=$110.
To check. It is $30 more than half the amount he paid for it.
He paid $110 for it.
Half that amount is $55.
Thirty dollars more than half is $55+$30=$85.
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