SOLUTION: My son is working on this problem and I am having a mental block : The problem is : 3/5 -x/3 = -11/15 what is the value of x. I know this is relatively easy but I can't

Question 254501: My son is working on this problem and I am having a mental block : The problem is : 3/5 -x/3 = -11/15 what is the value of x. I know this is relatively easy but I can't get my mind around it today. Thanks. our email is: k-jmyers@juno.com Joan Myers
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem is

step 1 - find the common denominator and multiply everything by that. The common denominator is 15.
We get

which gives us

step 2 - subtract 9 from both sides to get

step 3 - divide by -5 to get

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