Lois wrote articles for her local newspaper. Half of the articles she wrote were published in one week's issue, and 2 more articles were published in the following week's issue. If Lois had 3 unpublished articles after the second week, how many articles did she originally write?

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Javier Good

1 March, 09:58

Lois wrote articles for her local newspaper. Half of the articles she wrote were published in one week's issue, and 2 more articles were published in the following week's issue. If Lois had 3 unpublished articles after the second week, how many articles did she originally write?

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Valerie Soto · Answer 1

10 articles

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of articles Lois wrote = x

Number of articles published in one week = half of x = 0.5 x

Number of articles published in second week = 2

Unpublished articles = 3

So, Making mathematical equation as:

0.5 x + 2 + 3 = x

5 = 0.5 x

x = 10 articles

The articles she wrote for her local newspaper are 10