How do you simplify $36-\frac{1}{2}$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-04T20:59:21

The answer is $35 1/2$ .

A simple way is to split up $36$ into $35+1$ . Then, rewrite $1$ as two halves ( $2/2$ ) and subtract the other half.

$color(white)=36-1/2$

$=35+color(red)1-1/2$

$=35+color(red)(1/1)-1/2$

$=35+color(red)(2/2)color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)$

$=35+color(purple)(1/2)$

$=35 1/2$

How do you simplify 36-\frac{1}{2}36-\frac{1}{2}?