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Given any positive odd integer x the number of positive even integers less than x is given by

(x-1)/2.

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Q: For any positive integer x how many positive even integers are less than x is it x or x minus 1 or x plus 1 divided by 2 or x minus 1 divided by 2 or x divided by 2?
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