Answer:
72
Step-by-step explanation:
The given word description can be translated to math symbols this way, when x represents the number:
3/4x -3/16x = 81
Multiplying by 16 gives ...
12x -3x = 1296
9x = 1296 . . . . . . simplify
We want to find the value of half the number, so we can divide this by 18 to get ...
x/2 = 1296/18 = 72
Half the number is 72.
