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Answer 1 · 2017-12-12T00:45:28

#x = frac{x}{2}+4#

I'm going to assume that you mean, "A number is four times larger than half the number?".

If we pretend that "half the number" is y, the question becomes:

"A number is four times larger than y" which is equal to

#x = y + 4#

Now we replace y with "Half the number" which is #x/2#

Therefore, the equation becomes:

#x = frac{x}{2}+4#

I know these questions can be quite tricky ;)
Hope that explanation made sense!