What plus 1 equals 7/2?

Here we will show you how to find the answer to "What plus 1 equals 7/2?" In other words, x plus 1 equals 7/2. What is x?

First, note that 1 is a number and 7/2 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 7/2?" as a function:

x +

		1
		1

		7
		2

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 =

		7
		2

		1
		1

Finally, we subtract 1/1 from 7/2 to get the answer to "What plus 1 equals 7/2?"

x =

		5
		2

That's it! Now you know how to calculate "What plus 1 equals 7/2?". The answer to "What plus 1 equals 7/2?" in its simplest form is 2 1/2. You know this answer is correct because 1 plus 2 1/2 equals 7/2.

Bonus: You may also be interested to know that the answer in decimal form is 2.5 (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 (5/2).

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