What minus 5/2 equals 2/9?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 5/2 equals 2/9?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 5/2 = 2/9

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by adding 5/2 on both sides like this:

x - 5/2 + 5/2 = 2/9 + 5/2

x - 5/2 + 5/2 leaves x and 2/9 + 5/2 is 2 13/18 which means we end up with x = 2 13/18. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 5/2 equals 2/9?" is as follows:

2 13/18

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 2 13/18 for x in this equation x - 5/2 = 2/9, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

2 13/18 - 5/2 = 2/9

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