Question

What is the answer? I don't quite get it.
(3x + 1/2) + (7x - 4 1/2)

Answer 1

To simplify the expression, we can combine the like terms.

(3x + 1/2) + (7x - 4 1/2)

= 3x + 7x + 1/2 - 4 1/2 (distributing the addition)

= 10x - 4 (combining the like terms)

Therefore, (3x + 1/2) + (7x - 4 1/2) simplifies to 10x - 4.