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OpenStudy (anonymous):

EJ sold half his comic books and then bought 9 more he now has 17 with how many did he begin

OpenStudy (mysticfury):

well he has 17 now, and he bought 9 so we can easily subtract 17 - 9 = 8 :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Don't forget he sold half of his comic books as well.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

17 = x/2 +9. x is the original number of comic books he had.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

still don't get what my algebraic equation

OpenStudy (simplymarie_x):

That would be your equation then you just have to isolate x to find out how many books he began with.

OpenStudy (simplymarie_x):

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