Question

if you subtract.. from a number and multiply the result by..you get.. what is the number
$\frac{1}{2} \: \: \: \: \frac{1}{2} \: \: \: \frac{1}{8}$
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Answer 1

Let us consider the number be x

As per the given condition

If we subtract 1/2 from a number and multiply the result by 1/2, then we get 1/8.

So the equation becomes

⇒ (1/2)(x – 1/2) = (1/8)

⇒ (x – 1/2) = (1/4)

⇒ 4x – 2 = 1

⇒ 4x = 3

Hence x = 3/4

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