Question

Which of the following expressions represents the statement “One half the sum of x and y”?
a. 0.5(x=y)
b. 1/2(x+y)
c. x+y/2

Answer 1

the answer would be b. it is asking for the sum of x and y so rule out a. then it’s asking for half of that sum so rule out c since c is one half of y