SOLUTION: landon sld half of his comic books and then brought 16 more. he now has 36. how many did he have to begin with

SOLUTION: landon sld half of his comic books and then brought 16 more. he now has 36. how many did he have to begin with

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Question 1149095: landon sld half of his comic books and then brought 16 more. he now has 36. how many did he have to begin with
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
had x
then sold half so has x/2
then both 16 so (x/2)+16=36
x/2=20
x=40 which is what he started with.
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