What plus 2 equals 1/6?

Here we will show you how to find the answer to "What plus 2 equals 1/6?" In other words, x plus 2 equals 1/6. What is x?

First, note that 2 is a number and 1/6 is a fraction. You can convert the 2 to a fraction by making 2 the numerator and 1 the denominator. Thus, here is the question "What plus 2 equals 1/6?" as a function:

x +

		2
		1

		1
		6

Next, we move the 2/1 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 =

		1
		6

		2
		1

Finally, we subtract 2/1 from 1/6 to get the answer to "What plus 2 equals 1/6?"

x =

		11
		6

That's it! Now you know how to calculate "What plus 2 equals 1/6?". The answer to "What plus 2 equals 1/6?" in its simplest form is -1 5/6. You know this answer is correct because 2 plus -1 5/6 equals 1/6.

Bonus: You may also be interested to know that the answer in decimal form is -1.8333 (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 (-11/6).

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