A farmer had 888888 melons growing in her garden. In June, the farmer had picked 141414 melons. In July, a thunderstorm knocked a branch from a tree and crushed half the melons that remained in the garden. Then the farmer picked the rest. How many melons did the farmer pick in June and July combined?

515151 melons were picked in June and July combined.

Step-by-step explanation:

Converted to an equation:

let p = melons picked in June and July combined

The first part represents the melons that were picked in June.

The second part represents the melons picked in July, which is the original amount of melons, mines those picked in June, halved.

Now we can solve the equation.

∴ There were 515151 melons picked in June and July combined.

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