SOLUTION: I need your help on this question Maria bought seven boxes. A week later
half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire.
There are now only 22 boxes left. With
how many did she
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Question 813334: I need your help on this question Maria bought seven boxes. A week later
half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire.
There are now only 22 boxes left. With
how many did she start?
Found 2 solutions by Namita, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Namita(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the no.of boxes Maria started with be x
She bought seven boxes therefore boxes with her will be x plus 7
Half got destroyed in fire so x plus 7 /2 got destroyed
So balance will be x plus 7 minus x plus 7 divide by 2
Therefore 2x plus 14 minus x minus 7 equals 22 multiplied by 2
Therefore x equals 37
So Maria started with 37 boxes.
Thank you.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The question and description are wrong. Maria bought seven boxes... How many did she start? Already given but wrong.
Half of 22 is 11;
half of 7 is 3.5.
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