I have an answer to a linear equation, but I need to know if it's right.

0.25x + 0.5 = 3.75. The answer I got was x = 13. Is it 13 or is it 15? I'm a little confused whether I did it right or not. Can you help. The point was to show how much easier it is when you do not use decimals.
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You can leave the decimals as they are: 0.25x=3.75-0.5=3.25. Multiply through by 4: x=4*3.25=13, as you had.
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