Math, asked by gg856jj, 3 months ago

Sam sold half of his coins from his collection and then bought nine more. He now has sixteen. How many coins did Sam begin with?

WRITE AN EQUATION THEN SOLVE

Answers

Answered by archana143as

1

Step-by-step explanation:

If we represent the original number of comic books as

x

, we can write the following equation:

x2+9=15

Subtract

9

from both sides.

x

2

=

6

Multiply both sides by

2

.

x

=

12

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