Let b be the initial amount of books. Steve sells half of his books, so the number of Steve's books become

Then, he buys 6 more, so the number increases by 6:

This number is now 14, so you have

Subtract 6 from both sides:

Multiply both sides by 2:

Answer:
3
Step-by-step explanation:
D. (5,-21) would be your answer
Answer:
for the 1st one the answer is x= 3 y=1 and the second one is x= 5 and y = 3 and 1/3
Step-by-step explanation: so basically for the first one -5 times x which is 3 is -15 right? and then 5 times y which is 1 is 5 right so -15 plus 5 = -10
second one is x = 5 and y = 3 and 1/3 because 5*x which is 5 is = to 15 right? and then 3 times y which is equal to 3 and 1/3 is equal to 10 which when you do 15-10 in pretty sure it equals 5 correct me if im wrong
Hope this helps xD ;)
Answer:
1 7/8 ( last one )
Step-by-step explanation:
3/4 x 5/4
15/8 = 1 7/8
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