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What numbers are a distance of 2/3 unit from 1/2 on a number line? Select the locations on the number line to plot the points.

User Zupo
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Add 2/3 to 1/2, and also subtract 2/3 from 1/2. That will give the two numbers.

1/2 + 2/3 = 3/6 + 4/6 = 7/6

1/2 - 2/3 = 3/6 - 4/6 = -1/6

Answer: The numbers are 7/6 and -1/6.

User Shantanu Bhadoria
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Answer: ok so the answers are 1 1/6 and -1/6 just finished the test so i can confirm these are right :)

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