Ahmed has five more CDs than one-half the number of CDs Julia has. In this situation, what does 1 half c plus 5 represent?

Let c represent the number of CDs Julia has. One-half of c is half the number of CDs Julia has, and adding 5 gives five more than that amount. This matches the description of Ahmed’s number of CDs, so 1/2 c + 5 represents the number of CDs Ahmed has.

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