8. Patrick bought five new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 31 cards left. How many cards did Patrick start
with? Write an equation to represent this scenario and solve for the variable. (2 marks)
please please help asap

Step-by-step explanation:

X = the number of cards in his location

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d. bc = 12 and ef = 16

step-by-step explanation:

we are given that δabc : δdef such that .

also, it is given that

so, from the options, we need that .

a.

b.

c.  

d.

as, we can see that only option d gives the same ratio as i.e. .

hence, the possible lengths are bc = 12 and ef = 16.