Mr. zelman wants to give 50% of his comic book collection to his nephew alex. if mr. zelman has 800 comic books, then how many will he give to his nephew? visual model:

Mr. Zelman gave 400 books to his nephew

Solution:

Given that, Mr. Zelman wants to give 50% of his comic book collection to his nephew Alex

Mr. Zelman has 800 comic books

Number of books with Zelman = 800

Mr. Zelman wants to give 50% of books to Alex

Number of books given to nephew = 50 % of books of Zelman

Therefore, we have to find 50 % of 800

Thus he gave 400 books to his nephew