Answer:
8
Step-by-step explanation:
1) let’s take the original number as “x”
So
3x=28-0.5x
Lol don’t worry I’ll show you how I got that
So it says 3 times a number. That tells me my number, X is multiplied by 3 so I have
3x so far
Next it says “is equal to”, this tells me my number 3x is equal to something so I have this now:
3x=
After that it says “half of a number” so I know I will have 0.5x subtracted from 28. Since it says subtracted from 28 that means my number will be subtracted from 28, not the other way around so
3x=28-0.5X
Now I can solve this by bringing “-0.5” to the left.
3x+0.5x=28
3.5x=28
Divide both sides by 3.5 and
X=8
