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document.write( "-x/6=-2/7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-x/6 = -2/7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is a proportion. To solve, just cross-multiply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-x/6 = -2/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7x = 6(-2) {cross-multiplied}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7x = -12 {multiplied 6 by -2}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12/7 {divided both sides by -7}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1   5/7 {wrote as a mixed number}<BR>\n" );
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