Question

Richmond bought seven boxes of matches. A week later half of all his matchboxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 matchboxes left. With how many did he start?

Answer 1

Answer:

37

Step-by-step explanation:

Let he starts with x matchboxes

After he bought 7 more=    x+7

Half of them were destroyed and remaining[half] are =22

x+7/2=22

x+7=44

x=37

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