What term can you add to StartFraction 5 over 6 EndFraction x minus 4 to make it equivalent to One-half x minus 4? Negative one-

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third x Negative one-third One-half x One-half

2 answers:

ehidna [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-15T12:15:07+03:00

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Answer: The term that can be added is negative one-third x

[-1/3(x)]

Step-by-step explanation: Please see the attachment below

dedylja [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-15T10:17:56+03:00

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Answer:

$(A)-\frac{1}{3}x$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the term to be added = y

Therefore:

$\frac{5}{6}x-4+y=\frac{1}{2}x-4 \\$

Collecting Like terms

$y=\frac{1}{2}x-\frac{5}{6}x-4+4 \\=\frac{x}{2}-\frac{5x}{6}\\=\frac{3x-5x}{6}=-\frac{2x}{6}\\y=-\frac{1}{3}x$