document.write( "Question 641912: 8/9=x+1/3(7)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Why did you multiply by the reciprocal? The problem says to multiply 7 by the fraction

. You can't just willy-nilly go around flipping fractions upside down with out compensating in some way -- which you did not do and which, in this case, would just make a bigger mess.\r
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times 7. Then and the opposite of the product, namely

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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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