Question

How do you find the value of \[\dfrac{1}{2}\left( 34 \right)\]?

Answer 1

Hint: In this problem, we have to find the value of the given expression. We can see that the expression contains a fraction and a term inside the bracket. We can analyse that the term inside the bracket is in multiplication to the fraction term, so we have to multiply it and then we can divide the resulting fraction to get an exact value of the given expression.

Complete step by step answer:
We know that the given expression is,
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{2}\left( 34 \right)\]
We can see that the given expression has a fraction and a term inside the bracket, where we have to multiply the fraction and the term inside the brackets, we get
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{34}{2}\]
We can now divide the above fraction, we get
\[\Rightarrow 17\]
Therefore, the value of \[\dfrac{1}{2}\left( 34 \right)\] is 17.

Note: we can also find the value by converting the fraction into its decimal and multiplying it to the number 34.
We can now convert the fraction into its decimal, we get
\[\Rightarrow 0.5\left( 34 \right)\]
We can now multiply the above decimal term and the number 34, we get
\[\Rightarrow 17\]
Therefore, the value of \[\dfrac{1}{2}\left( 34 \right)\] is 17.
We will make mistakes by taking the given fraction and the whole number as a mixed fraction, but here we have brackets, so we have to multiply the number to the number inside the bracket. We can also convert the given fraction into its decimal form to multiply with the given number.