SOLUTION: If a man is 80cm, plus half his own height tall. How tall is he?

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Question 103405: If a man is 80cm, plus half his own height tall. How tall is he?
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80+%2B+%281%2F2%29H+=+H
80+%2B+%281%2F2%29H+-%281%2F2%29+H=+H+-+%281%2F2%29H Additive inverse of 1/2H
80+=%281%2F2%29H
2%2A80+=2%2A%281%2F2%29H Multiplicative inverse of 1/2.
H=160