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After getting 5 new rocks, George gave half of his rock collection to Susan. If George gave Susan 36 rocks, which equation could be used to determine how many rocks George started with?
                    

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Let x be the number of rocks that George have at first.

First, George have x rocks. Then, he gets 5 new rocks. So, we have:
[tex]x + 5[/tex]
Next, half of his rock collection is given to Susan.
[tex] \frac{x + 5}{2} [/tex]

Susan got 36 rocks, so the equation is
[tex] \frac{x + 5}{2} = 36[/tex]
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