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What integer is equivalent to 9 3/2

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first off, we change the mixed fraction to "improper" and then we make it a decimal.


\bf \stackrel{mixed}{9(3)/(2)}\implies \cfrac{9\cdot 2+3}{2}\implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{21}{2}}\implies 10.5 \\e \mathbb{Z}

an integer is a "whole" number, with no decimals.
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