Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many dI'd she begin?

x/2 + 16 = 36

X/2+16=36

40 To find out how many comic books Jill began with, we can work backwards from the given information.

Jill currently has 36 comic books, which means that this is what she has after buying sixteen more.

Let's assume that before purchasing these sixteen comic books, Jill had x comic books.

After buying sixteen more, she has x + 16 comic books.

We also know that Jill sold half of her comic books before buying the additional sixteen.

If she sold half, then she had x/2 comic books left.

Putting it all together, we have the following equation:

x/2 + 16 = 36

To solve this equation, we can start by subtracting 16 from both sides:

x/2 = 36 - 16

x/2 = 20

Next, multiply both sides by 2 to isolate x:

x = 2 * 20

x = 40

Therefore, Jill began with 40 comic books.