Let the number of comic books be X
if we add 14 to X = 24
so we will find the value of X to get half initial number of comic books William had.
14+X=24
X=24-14
X=10
so the total innitial number of comic books William had is 10+10=20 books.
The answer is 24. You subtract 40 - 16.
Yes, you can; based on the inherent assumption that the "two radicals that have negative values" are, in fact, "imaginary numbers" .
Take, for example, the commonly known "imaginary number": "i" ; which represents the "imaginary number" ; " √-1 " .
Since: "i = √-1" ;
Note that: " i² = (√-1)² = √-1 * √-1 = √(-1*-1) = √1 = 1 .
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