Question

Lanaiya sold half of her comic books and then bought 9 more. If she now has 81 comic books, how many comic books did she begin with?
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Answer 1

Answer:

144

Step-by-step explanation:

(81 - 9) * 2 = 144

work backwards, you now have 81 books. But you bought 9, so pretend you didn't buy the 9, means you would have 9 less books. so 81-9.

Then you multiply by 2 because originally you sold half of the books, so before you sold half, you had double the amount, so you multiply that by 2.