Rose's stamp collection is 7 less than half of van's stamp collection, x. which expression represents the total number of stamps that rose has?

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"Rose's stamp collection is 7 less than half of Van's stamp collection, x. Which expression represents the total number of stamps that Rose has?"...

Here is an expression representing Rose's stamps:

1) 

Hope this helps.
-Benjamin

Why are u not just putting the numbers this is to much

I’m pretty sure the * means multiplication. so, if you multiply 5*1, it would equal 5. they are basically are-writing 5x1 as 5*1. so they would be… 5 10152025303540455055