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The denominator of a fraction is 2 more than the numerator.If 1 is subtracted from both numerator and denominator,the result in fraction has value of 1/2.Find the original faction.

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the original fraction is

x/(x+2)

(x-1)/(x+2-1) = 1/2
now just solve for x.

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