SOLUTION: 1/7 = 14 - x one over seven equals fourteen minus x how did you come to the answer????

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Question 223178: 1/7 = 14 - x
one over seven equals fourteen minus x
how did you come to the answer????

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation.


Multiply both sides by the LCD to clear any fractions.


Distribute and multiply.


Subtract from both sides.


Add to both sides.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


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Answer:

So the answer is which approximates to .

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Add to both sides.

Add to both sides.

Do the arithmetic.


John


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