Problema Solution

Half of your baseball card collection got wet and was ruined tou bought 15 cards to replace some that were lost how many did u begin with if you now have 39

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let x = the number of cards in the start


(1/2)x + 15 = 39


by solving we find


x = 48 cards


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there were 48 cards to begin with.