Question

29" id="TexFormula1" title="\frac{1}{2} (5x - 9 ) = 2 (\frac{1}{3} + 6 )" alt="\frac{1}{2} (5x - 9 ) = 2 (\frac{1}{3} + 6 )" align="absmiddle" class="latex-formula">

Answer 1

Answer: 103/15

Step-by-step explanation:

We can simplify the right-hand side to be $2 \left(\frac{1}{3}+6 \right)=2 \left(\frac{19}{3} \right)=\frac{38}{3}$.

This means we need to solve:

$\frac{1}{2}(5x-9)=\frac{38}{3}\\5x-9=\frac{76}{3}\\5x=\frac{103}{3}\\x=\boxed{\frac{103}{15}}$