How do you simplify 1/2(x-5)?

2 Answers
Jun 20, 2018

You don't. You can transform it somehow, but it is simplified.

Explanation:

You can distribute 1/2 so that this becomes x/2-5/2 or just write it as (x-5)/2, but it's all the same.

Jun 21, 2018

1/2x-5/2

Explanation:

Given: 1/2(x-5).

I'm assuming that you're trying to expand the expression, as it cannot be simplified further!

So, we use the distributive property, which states that a(b+c)=ab+ac.

=1/2x-1/2*5

=1/2x-5/2