document.write( "Question 658101: The quotient of a number and -7 is five-sevenths. Find the number \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "We can write this as:
\n" ); document.write( "x/(-7)=5/7
\n" ); document.write( "Cross multiply:
\n" ); document.write( "-35=7x
\n" ); document.write( "Divide by 7
\n" ); document.write( "x=-5
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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