If you subtract 1/2 from a number and multiply the result by 1/2 , you get 1/8. What is the number?

If you subtract 1/2 from a number and multiply the result by 1/2 , you

1.	If you subtract 1/2 from a number and multiply the result by 1/2 , you get 1/8. What is the number?
Answer» The number is 3/4. The problem is an application of linear equations in one variable and the addition of fractions.