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What is 24 × 0.5 24 \times 0.5 ?

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Sam Bealing
May 14, 2016

24 × 0.5 = 24 × 1 2 = 24 2 = 12 24 \times 0.5 =24 \times \dfrac{1}{2}=\dfrac{24}{2}=\boxed{12}

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Note that 0.5 0.5 means 1 2 \dfrac{1}{2} , so 1 2 \dfrac{1}{2} of 24 24 is 12 12 .

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Mahdi Raza
Aug 3, 2020

0.5 = 1 2 ⟹ 12 × 1 2 = 12 0.5 = \dfrac{1}{2} \implies 12 \times \dfrac{1}{2} = \boxed{12}

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