Tom sold half of his comic books and then bought six more. he now has 12. how many did he begin with?

Acollection of coins has value of 64 cents. there are two more nickels than dimes and three times as many pennies as dimes in this collection. how many of each kind of coin are in the collection?

Asales representative from a local radio station is trying to convince the owner of a small fitness club to advertise on her station. the representative says that if the owner begins advertising on the station today, the club's total number of members will grow exponentially each month. she uses the given expression to model the number of club members, in hundreds, after advertising for t months.

Write a description of each inequality. 1. -5a + 3 > 1 2. 27 - 2b < -6 (this < has a _ under it) 3. 1/2 (c + 1) > 5 (this > has a _ under it)