Raising rabbits. Before Roland sold two female rabbits,
half of his rabbits were female. After the sale, only onethird
of his rabbits were female. If x represents his original
number of rabbits, thenSolve this equation to find the number of rabbits that he
had before the sale.1/2x-2=1/3(x-2)
I gave you the equations you have written in your first post below. What is the problem? And notice I place parentheses around the (1/2)x so you would know it is 0.5x and not 1/2x.
There is know problem. You stated you call not read my post. Thank you
Your response is gibberish to me. Thank you for using Jiskha.
I dont get it whats the answer
To solve the equation 1/2x - 2 = 1/3(x - 2), we'll follow these steps:
Step 1: Distribute
Multiply each term inside the parentheses by the term outside the parentheses.
1/3(x - 2) = 1/3 * x - 1/3 * 2
This simplifies to:
1/3(x - 2) = 1/3x - 2/3
Step 2: Solve for x
Now we can substitute the distributed values back into the equation.
1/2x - 2 = 1/3x - 2/3
Let's get rid of the fractions by multiplying the entire equation by the least common denominator.
In this case, the least common denominator is 6.
Multiply every term by 6:
6 * (1/2x - 2) = 6 * (1/3x - 2/3)
This gives us:
(6 * (1/2x) - 6 * 2) = (6 * (1/3x) - 6 * (2/3))
Simplifying this, we have:
3x - 12 = 2x - 4
Step 3: Isolate x terms
Now we'll isolate the x terms on one side of the equation by adding 12 to both sides.
3x - 12 + 12 = 2x - 4 + 12
This simplifies to:
3x = 2x + 8
Step 4: Isolate x
Subtract 2x from both sides of the equation to isolate x.
3x - 2x = 8
This simplifies to:
x = 8
So, the number of rabbits Roland had before the sale was 8.