document.write( "Question 400104: -3/2x+5=2/x-1 the 2x+5 goes under the -3 and the x-1 goes under the 2--(I just wanted to be very clear of what the problem looked like so that I could be sure I communicated how it looked on my math book page correctly.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this problem according to the book equals -1 but I got -13/7 and when tried another way I got -7
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\n" ); document.write( "for the -13/7
\n" ); document.write( "-3x+3=4x+10 and subtracted a -4x from both sides so
\n" ); document.write( "-7x+3=10 and subtracted three from both sides so
\n" ); document.write( "-7x/-7 = - 13/7 (negative 13 over 7)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "-3x+3=4x+10 and subtracted 3x from both sides so
\n" ); document.write( "3=x+10 and then a -10 subtracted from the three gave me
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\n" ); document.write( "I checked to be sure I copied the problem correctly, double checked.\r
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document.write( " -3x + 3 = 4x + 10   |Yes!  cross multiplying
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document.write( "  -7x = 7         |subtracting 4x and 3 from both sides 
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document.write( "    x = -1 \n" );
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