after geting 5 new rocks geogre gave half of his collection to susan.if george gave susan 36 rocks which equation could be used

Question

3 years ago

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to determine hiw many rocks george started with

2 answers:

Mkey [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-24T19:36:52+03:00

Mkey [24]3 years ago

4 0

x - number of rocks with which George started

The equation:

$\dfrac{x+5}{2}=36\ \ \ |\cdot2\\\\x+5=72\ \ \ |-5\\\\x=67$

Answer: 67

sergiy2304 [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-24T17:29:28+03:00

sergiy2304 [10]3 years ago

3 0

36×2=72
72-5=67
George started with 67 rocks.