How do you simplify 1/2(x-5)12(x−5)?

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Blackad
Jun 20, 2018

You don't. You can transform it somehow, but it is simplified.

Explanation:

You can distribute 1/212 so that this becomes x/2-5/2x2−52 or just write it as (x-5)/2x−52, but it's all the same.

Nam D.
Jun 21, 2018

1/2x-5/212x−52

Explanation:

Given: 1/2(x-5)12(x−5).

I'm assuming that you're trying to expand the expression, as it cannot be simplified further!

So, we use the distributive property, which states that a(b+c)=ab+aca(b+c)=ab+ac.

=1/2x-1/2*5=12x−12⋅5

=1/2x-5/2=12x−52

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