What plus 1 equals 2/1?

Here we will show you how to find the answer to "What plus 1 equals 2/1?" In other words, x plus 1 equals 2/1. What is x?

First, note that 1 is a number and 2/1 is a fraction. You can convert the 1 to a fraction by making 1 the numerator and 1 the denominator. Thus, here is the question "What plus 1 equals 2/1?" as a function:

x +

		1
		1

		2
		1

Next, we move the 1/1 fraction from the left side to the right side to make x alone on the left side. Don't forget that when we move it to the other side, we have to make it a negative fraction instead of a positive fraction like so:

x =

		2
		1

		1
		1

Finally, we subtract 1/1 from 2/1 to get the answer to "What plus 1 equals 2/1?"

x =

		1
		1

That's it! Now you know how to calculate "What plus 1 equals 2/1?". The answer to "What plus 1 equals 2/1?" in its simplest form is 1. You know this answer is correct because 1 plus 1 equals 2/1.

Bonus: You may also be interested to know that the answer in decimal form is 1 (rounded to 4 decimal places if necessary). We calculated the decimal answer by dividing the numerator of the fraction answer by the denominator of the fraction answer (1/1).

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