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On tuesday shanice bought five hats. on wednesday half of all the hats that she had were destroyed. equation for... on thursday there were only 17 left. how many did she have on monday?

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If X is the number of hats . . . reading backwards . . .

Thursday = Wednesday + Tuesday

17 = 1/2 X + 5

Solving:

17 - 5 = 1/2 X

12 = 1/2 X

24 = X

So she had 24 on Monday.



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