Question

in the first act of a play, all the actors were on stage. the second act opened with 1/2 the actors on stage, and then 5 actors left. after that, 1/2 the remaining actors left, and 4 actors remained on stage. how many actors were onstage in the first act?

Answer 1

Reverse the whole equation

Answer 2

4x2+5x2

Answer 3

What @Baby_Bear69 said lo xD

Answer 4

need to use parentheses for order of operations though, so
(4x2+5)x2

Answer 5

my bad^^

Answer 6

i was confused for a moment

Answer 7

26 people?

Answer 8

that's what i would say o.o