There are several cookies in the jar. Taking 1 cookie away would leave half as many in the jar as if 5 were added. How many cookies are in the jar?
Let C be the number of cookies
There would be C-1 cookies.
There would be (C+5)/2 cookies.
C-1=(C+5)/2.
2(C-1)=C+5
2C-2=C+5
C=<<7=7>>7
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Kavanozda çok sayıda kurabiye var. Kavanozdan 1 kurabiye çıkarılırsa, 5 kurabiye eklenmiş gibi kavanozda yarısı kadar kurabiye kalır. Kavanozda kaç tane kurabiye var?
C çerez sayısı olsun
C-1 kurabiye olacaktı.
(C+5)/2 kurabiye olur.
C-1=(C+5)/2.
2(C-1)=C+5
2C-2=C+5
C=<<7=7>>7
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