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Answer: 6 apples</h3>
x = number of apples originally
50% of x = 0.50*x = amount of apples eaten = 3
0.50x = 3
x = 3/0.50 ....... divide both sides by 0.50
x = 6
You can think of 50% as 1/2. If 3 apples represent half the bag, then the full bag is 6 apples. So half of 6 is 3.
14 = 9 - p
Move 9 to the other side
Sign changes from +9 to -9
14-9= 9-9-p
14-9= -p
5=-p
Mutiply both sides by -1 to get + p
(5)(-1)= (-p)(-1)
p= -5
Answer: p= -5
Turn it into math terms bit by bit. let x be "a number"
8 times a number is 8×x
increased by 9 is +9
7 times a number is 7×x
exceeds is minus
by 15 is =15
now we put it together.

solve