document.write( "Question 178677: Hi I typed my email address wrong it has been a frustrating evening trying to solve this problem.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-98/161-46/161=-1/7x\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #133635 by stanbon(75887)\"\" \"About 
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(-14/23) = (2/7) - (1/7)x \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-14*7 = 2*23 - 23x\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-98 = 46 - 23x
\n" ); document.write( "23x = 144\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 144/23 = 6.2607....
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