Question

Express using algebra. The larger of two numbers is twice the smaller. If the larger is x, what is the smaller?

Answer 1

Let the larger number be x and the smaller number be y.

Since we know that the larger number is twice the smaller, we can write this expression: x = 2y to express the larger number x.

And if we bring the 2 over to the other side of the equation, we get y = x/2 to express the smaller number y.

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