Question 119418
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?
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Let number at the start be "x".
EQUATIOn:
x+7 -(x+7)/2 =22
2x+14-x-7= 44
x+7 = 44
x = 37
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Cheers,
Stan H.