Asked by Alexis

Use the equation to complete the table.
b equals StartFraction a Over 2 EndFraction minus 1
nbsp a nbsp
nbsp 25 nbsp
nbsp 20 nbsp
nbsp 15 nbsp
nbsp 10 nbsp
nbsp 5 nbsp
b
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use b = a/2 − 1.

- a = 25 → b = 25/2 − 1 = 12.5 − 1 = 11.5 (23/2)
- a = 20 → b = 20/2 − 1 = 10 − 1 = 9
- a = 15 → b = 15/2 − 1 = 7.5 − 1 = 6.5 (13/2)
- a = 10 → b = 10/2 − 1 = 5 − 1 = 4
- a = 5 → b = 5/2 − 1 = 2.5 − 1 = 1.5 (3/2)