A brick weighs 1 kg
plus half a brick.
How much does the brick weigh?

2 kg.. Let brick = b. Then b = 1 + b/2 → b/2 = 1 → b = 2. The answer feels like a trick, but the algebra is honest.

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2 kg. — Let brick = b. Then b = 1 + b/2 → b/2 = 1 → b = 2. The answer feels like a trick, but the algebra is honest.