document.write( "Question 943667: Mike collects toy cars. He decides to put all of his toy cars in a line so that he can count them. The 9th car in line ends up being exactly at the middle of the line. How many toy cars does Mike have?
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being \"exactly in the middle\" means that there are an equal number of cars behind and in front of the \"middle\" car:
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\n" ); document.write( "if the \"middle\" car is the 9th car, there are 8 cars in front and 8 cars behind the \"middle\" car:
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\n" ); document.write( "add to that the \"middle\" car:
\n" ); document.write( "16 + 1 = 17
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