What is one half added to seven tenths

What is the value of x in the equation 1.5x+4-3=4.5(x-2)?

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.

If i had 1234 apples and 1 banana what is the total amount