if 1/2 is added to three times the reciprocal of a number, the result is 1, what is the number?

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AAAaannndd the bot gets it wrong yet again!

1/2 + 3/x = 1
clearly, 1/2 + 3/6 = 1
so x = 6

The number is 4.

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