Lee's summer job was to sell newspapers. he sold 24 in the morning. in the afternoon, he sold 2/7 of the remaining newspapers. the number of newspapers left was 1/2 of the number he started with at the beginning. how many newspapers did lee start with?
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If 20% of a number is 35, what is 50% of that number?

Twice the sum of a number and 4 is equal to three times the difference of the number and 7. find the number.

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.