SOLUTION: The product of two numbers is 13,If one of the number is 1/2,Find the other number

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Question 1185488: The product of two numbers is 13,If one of the number is 1/2,Find the other number
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x be the other number.
you get:
1/2 * x = 13
solve for x to get:
x = 13 / (1/2) = 13 * 2 = 26.
since 1/2 * 26 = 13, the solution is confirmed to be good.