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

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Question 271217: half of the difference of a number and one is thirty-seven. Find the number.
Answer by Zyzden(7) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.) First of all we need to put the problem into numbers --> %281%2F2%29%28x-1%29=37
Ie: one half of the difference x-1
2.) The next step is to divide both sides by the 1%2F2 which is equivalent to multiplying by 2 which gives us --> x-1=74
3.) The final step is to add one to both sides which leads us to our final answer --> x=75