document.write( "Question 65077This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
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(-X+2/3)-(2X+5/4)=5
\n" ); document.write( "-X+2/3-2X-5/4=5
\n" ); document.write( "-3X=5-2/3+5/4 FIND A COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR ALL 3 VALUES OTHER THAN THE X VALUE
\n" ); document.write( "-3X=60/12-8/12+15/12 NOW COMBINE ALL THE FRACTIONS
\n" ); document.write( "-3X=(60-8+15)/12
\n" ); document.write( "-3X=67/12 NOW MULTIPLY BOTH SIDES BY -1/3
\n" ); document.write( "-3*X(-1/3)=67/12*(-1/3)
\n" ); document.write( "X=67/-36
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\n" ); document.write( "(-[-67/36]+2/3)-(2*-67/36+5/4)=5
\n" ); document.write( "67/36+2/3+134/36-5/4=5
\n" ); document.write( "(67+134)/36+2/3-5/4=5
\n" ); document.write( "201/36+2/3-5/4=5
\n" ); document.write( "201/36+24/36-45/36=5
\n" ); document.write( "(201+24-45)/36=5
\n" ); document.write( "180/36=5
\n" ); document.write( "5=5
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