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Mason recently bought seven boxes. A week later half of all his boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did he start with

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Explanation:

if mason had recently bought seven boxes and half of them got destroyed in a fire which is 1/2, and there are now only 22 boxes left soo im

using based on the info it gave me sorry if its wrong

-Find the final amount of boxes left:

-If mason had bought in seven boxes recently and after 1/2 if gone and results in 22 that should be in logic 44 since 22×2=44

-to find the box he started with when he also bought in 7 boxes we should be 37 and then add 7 to get 44

The final answer is : 44

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