<span>Step–1:Find a perfect square root as close to your number.
</span><span>Step–2: Divide your number by the square root.
</span><span>Step–3: Calculate the average of the result given in step 2 and the root.
Step-4: Simplify if needed. </span>
Answer:
1/2a-19=-13
Step-by-step explanation:
One half of a number represents the phrase "1/2a" (in this case the variable/number is 'a'". Then because it says "nineteen less than", that means you subtract 19 from one half of the variable.
Check the picture below
notice the length of the base, and of the height/altitude