Fred sold half of his comic books and then bought 8 more he now has 16 how many did begin with

16 I think

Step-by-step explanation:

If he now has 16 and he bought 8 you have to do 16-8 which is 8. He sold half and got to 8. Half of 16 is 8. (Sorry if that didn't make sense)

I hope this helped!

1/5

step-by-step explanation:

the dice has 6 sides and there is only one 5 in a dice.

56.6

step-by-step explanation:

the ratio of the perimeters is equal to the scale.

the ratio of the areas is equal to the square of the scale.

34 / 20 = k

a / 19.6 = k²

substituting:

a / 19.6 = (34 / 20)²

a = 19.6 (34 / 20)²

a ≈ 56.6