Wilbur sold half of his comic books and then bought fourteen more. he now has 24. how many did he begin with?

First, subtract 24 - 14 to get how many books he had after he sold half of his collection and bought 14 more:

24 - 14 = 10

10 = number of books after he sold half of his collection.

Now, you need to multiply 10 x 2, because you need to find the original number of comic books:

10 x 2 = 20

He originally had 20 comic books.

An equation you could use for this question is:

2(24 - 14) = x. (X = number of comic books)

Hope this helps!!
~Kiwi