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5. Jerry sold 50 rare coins from his collection. He now has 225 rare coins. How many coins were originally in his collection?

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Let the original number of rara coins that Jerry had back then be x.

now if he sold 50 rare coins, the coins left will be x - 50

  • x - 50 = 225

  • x = 225 + 50

  • x = 275

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