Question

Question #72732

Answer 1

`x = frac{x}{2}+4`

Explanation:

I'm going to assume that you mean, "A number is four times larger than half the number?".

If we pretend that "half the number" is y, the question becomes:

"A number is four times larger than y" which is equal to

`x = y + 4`

Now we replace y with "Half the number" which is `x/2`

Therefore, the equation becomes:

`x = frac{x}{2}+4`

I know these questions can be quite tricky ;)
Hope that explanation made sense!