Beth sold Half of her comic books and then bought nine more. She now has 28. With how many did she begin with? ( I need the step by step of how to solve this)

I'll do the first one for you. it isn't very hard at all.on number one, you have (50 × 3), which equals 150, and (3 × 3), which equals 9. after you establish that, you add 150 and 9 together. so, (150 + 9) equals 159.this means that 53 × 3 = 159.

The correct answer is -4

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