document.write( "Question 74097: \"Please help solve for M -7/8m = 1/4 am having trouble with fractions I am not working off text book am working off loose leaf sheet \n" ); document.write( "
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-7M/8=1/4 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY
\n" ); document.write( "-7M*4=8*1
\n" ); document.write( "-28M=8
\n" ); document.write( "M=8/-28
\n" ); document.write( "M=-8/28
\n" ); document.write( "M=-2/7
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\n" ); document.write( "(-7*-2/7)/8=1/4
\n" ); document.write( "(14/7)/8=1/4
\n" ); document.write( "2/8=1/4
\n" ); document.write( "1/4=1/4
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