Problema Solution
you sell tickets for a fundraiser you give half of the tickets to your sisters to sell. you sell 25 of your half of the tickets and have 17 left. How many tickets did you start with?
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Let 'x' represent the number of tickets that you started with.
(1/2)x - 25 = 17
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x = 84 tickets
The number of tickets to start with was 84.