How do you solve $v+ \frac { 1} { 2} = 6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-08T02:55:58

The answer is $x=5 1/2$ .

First, subtract $1/2$ from both sides. Then, get a common denominator on the left side, and subtract the fractions:

$v+1/2=6$

$v+1/2color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)=6color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)$

$vcolor(red)cancelcolor(black)(+1/2color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2))=6color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)$

$v=6color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)$

$color(white)v=6/1color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)$

$color(white)v=12/2color(blue)-color(blue)(1/2)$

$color(white)v=(12-1)/2$

$color(white)v=11/2$

$color(white)v=(10+1)/2$

$color(white)v=10/2+1/2$

$color(white)v=5+1/2$

$color(white)v=5 1/2$

How do you solve v+ \frac { 1} { 2} = 6v+ \frac { 1} { 2} = 6?