How would I add these two numbers?

Question

How would I add 1/2x + x? I know 1/2x * x is 1/2x squared, but how would I add them? Explanation appreciated.

Answer 1

1/2x+x = 3/2 x

Since x = 2/2 x, we can rewrite the equation as 1/2 x + 2/2 x.

1+2 = 3, so we get 3/2 x as the answer.

Answer 2

1 1/2 x

Answer 3

2/1*x

Answer 4

you would have to add 1/2x to 2/2x, and you have 3/2 x.

Answer 5

Think of the x as 1x. Now add the 1 and 1/2. That's 1 and a half, so your answer is 1.5x

Answer 6

1/2x + 1x + 1 1/2 x

Answer 7

You can write x as x^2/x

Now, you have:

1/2x + x^2/x

Common denominator is : 2x

Then, just ad them up:

(1 + 2x^2)/2x

Answer 8

to add 1/2X and x it would be simply 1and 1/2 X. I am in Algebra and I do those problems all of the time

Good Luck ; )

Answer 9

ok:
if you mean (1/2)*x + x then the answer is 1.5x since you are adding two literals of the same degree (exponent of x which is the undeterminate).

but if you mean: (1/(2x)) + x then you can't simplify the expression further because you can't add the two literals because they have different degrees. (1/(2x) has degree -1 and x has degree1.

Answer 10

It would be 1 1/2 x, or 1.5x. if they are like terms (the same variable after the number) then you just add the numbers together that come beffore the variable in that term and then it is the variable after it...if that makes any sense. its just the numbers in front of each 'x' added together put in front of an x.

and if its an 'x' by itself, or any variable, then its an understood 1 before it.