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Emily was going to sell all of her stamp collection to buy a video game. After selling half of them she changed her mind. She then bought seventeen more. Write an expression for how many she has now.

i think you have to write an expression to this...

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sqdancefan

Answer:

  s/2 +17

Step-by-step explanation:

If s represents the number of stamps Emily started with, then the number she had after selling half of them is ...

  s/2

After purchasing 17 more, she had ...

  s/2 +17

ChiliRose667
Ok. So if s stands for stamps then we can start our problem.

Emily sold have of her stamps: s/2. All of her stamps divided by 2

Then she changed her mind and bought some (17) more. So the final equation would be: s/2+17