Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought 16 more. She now has 36. With how many did she begin?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T23:16:00

The answer is 40

Start with 40 comic books. Divide in half is 20. Add 16 and you get 36. Try working backwards on these. Like 36-16 is 20...

Answer 2 · 2018-05-23T23:17:20

40 comic books.

Let's say she started with x comic books:

she sold #1/2# of them:

#x/2#

then she bought 16 more:

#x/2 + 16#

now she has 36 comics:

#x/2 + 16 = 36# solve...

#x/2 = 20#

#x=40#