7/16 is almost half. One more piece of a sixteenth will equal half. So closest half would be 1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
everything can be found in the picture
Clearly, we can see that x+2 is a factor of the given polynomial.
4x=5x-12
subtract 5x from each side
-x=-12
to get a positive x multiply each side by a -1
x=12
Hope I helped :)