SOLUTION: half of the difference of a number and one is thirty-seven. Find the number.

Question 271217: half of the difference of a number and one is thirty-seven. Find the number.
Answer by Zyzden(7) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.) First of all we need to put the problem into numbers -->
Ie: one half of the difference x-1
2.) The next step is to divide both sides by the which is equivalent to multiplying by 2 which gives us -->
3.) The final step is to add one to both sides which leads us to our final answer -->
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