Does the fraction 1/2 make the equation 1/34 + 8/17 = 1/2 true?

Over the last 4 seconds, a snail has traveled 4/9 of an inch. if the snail traveled the same distance each second, how far did it travel each second?

Jeremy wants to determine the number of solutions for the equation below without actually solving the equation.

Write each rational number in the form a/b, where a and b are integers. 1. 5 1/6 2. -12