How do you solve $10 \frac{1}{2} = x + 1 \frac{1}{2}$ $10 1/2 = x + 1 1/2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-16T01:07:11

$9$ $9$

Isolate $x$ $x$ on the right-hand side by subtracting $1 \frac{1}{2}$ $1 1/2$ from both sides

$10 1/2-1 1/2=x + cancel(1 1/2)- cancel(1 1/2)$

This is equivalent to

$(10 * 2 + 1)/2 - (1 * 2 + 1)/2 = x$

$21/2 - 3/2 = x implies x = 18/2 = 9$

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