document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=271310>Question 271310</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> which algebraic expression represents (eight less than half a number)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answers are a) 8 - 1/2x  b) 1/2x - 8 c) 1/2(x-8)  d) (6 -1/2)x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How to think about problems like this.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is eight less than half your age?)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you are 30, eight less is 30-8 = 22.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, 8 less than half-a-number is (1/2)x - 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answers are a) 8 - 1/2x b) 1/2x - 8 c) 1/2(x-8) d) (6 -1/2)x<BR>\n" );
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