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Maria bought seven boxes. A week later half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did she start?
4 years ago

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Anonymous
Maria's initial number of boxes is represented by x.

(x+7)/2 = 22
x+7 = 44
x = 37

Maria had 37 boxes initially.
4 years ago

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