What plus 4 equals 8/6?

Here we will show you how to find the answer to "What plus 4 equals 8/6?" In other words, x plus 4 equals 8/6. What is x?

First, note that 4 is a number and 8/6 is a fraction. You can convert the 4 to a fraction by making 4 the numerator and 1 the denominator. Thus, here is the question "What plus 4 equals 8/6?" as a function:

x +

		4
		1

		8
		6

Next, we move the 4/1 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 =

		8
		6

		4
		1

Finally, we subtract 4/1 from 8/6 to get the answer to "What plus 4 equals 8/6?"

x =

		16
		6

That's it! Now you know how to calculate "What plus 4 equals 8/6?". The answer to "What plus 4 equals 8/6?" in its simplest form is -2 2/3. You know this answer is correct because 4 plus -2 2/3 equals 8/6.

Bonus: You may also be interested to know that the answer in decimal form is -2.6667 (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 (-16/6).

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