document.write( "Question 235061: Helping my daughter on Algebra. It's been 20 years.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/2 x = 3 5/6
\n" ); document.write( "what is x, and how did you do it?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "also, 2/3 x = 24
\n" ); document.write( "don't understand equation to get to x.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "please help. \n" ); document.write( "
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1/2 x = 3 5/6
\n" ); document.write( "Change the mixed number to a fraction:
\n" ); document.write( "(1/2)x = 23/6
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides of the equality by 2 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2(23/6)
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel the common factor of 2 in the numerator and the denominator to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 23/3
\n" ); document.write( "Change to a mixed number
\n" ); document.write( "x = 7 2/3
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2/3 x = 24
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by 3/2 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = (3/2)24
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel the common factor of 2 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3*12
\n" ); document.write( "x = 36
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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