SOLUTION: Please help me with this fraction problem. The equation is -2/7x = 1/5 what is x? the answer i got when i tried to figure it out was x = -1/5 but that's not right... Thank you!

Question 237966: Please help me with this fraction problem. The equation is -2/7x = 1/5
what is x? the answer i got when i tried to figure it out was x = -1/5 but that's not right... Thank you!
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
What you want to do is multiply both sides by -7/2 which looks like this:
(-7/2)-2/7x = (-7/2)1/5 Then do the multiplying to look like this:
x = -7/10
There you go. Now plug the answer into the original equation and it should work out fine.
RJ Toftness
www.math-unlock.com
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