SOLUTION: what should be subtracted from twice the rational number -3/11 to get -5/22?
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Question 1020677: what should be subtracted from twice the rational number -3/11 to get -5/22?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can write this as
2(-3/11) - x = -5/22
and figure it as
-6/11 - x = -5/22
Let us multiply by -22 and get
12 + 22x = 5
22x = -7
x = -7/22
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