What minus 1/2 equals 5/2?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 1/2 equals 5/2?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 1/2 = 5/2

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by adding 1/2 on both sides like this:

x - 1/2 + 1/2 = 5/2 + 1/2

x - 1/2 + 1/2 leaves x and 5/2 + 1/2 is 3 which means we end up with x = 3. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 1/2 equals 5/2?" is as follows:

3

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 3 for x in this equation x - 1/2 = 5/2, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

3 - 1/2 = 5/2

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