document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=929879>Question 929879</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this equation. y-1=2/7x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(?, 5-7) find x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the part that keeps messing me up is getting rid of the 2/7 from the x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am doing 5/7-1= 2/7x(7/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7/2)5/7-1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2-1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "getting x=3/2 but it doesn't make sense when I plug it back into the problem. what am I doing wrong?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(?, 5-7) find x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the part that keeps messing me up is getting rid of the 2/7 from the x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am doing 5/7-1= 2/7x(7/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7/2)5/7-1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2-1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "getting x=3/2 but it doesn't make sense when I plug it back into the problem. what am I doing wrong?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not clear what you want to do.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is (?,5-7)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have 1 eqn in 2 variables.  You can solve for x or y in terms of the other variable.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help me solve this equation. y-1=2/7x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(?, 5-7) find x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the part that keeps messing me up is getting rid of the 2/7 from the x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am doing 5/7-1= 2/7x(7/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7/2)5/7-1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2-1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "getting x=3/2 but it doesn't make sense when I plug it back into the problem. what am I doing wrong?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not clear what you want to do.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is (?,5-7)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have 1 eqn in 2 variables.  You can solve for x or y in terms of the other variable.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " y-1=2/7x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (x,5/7) find x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 7 to eliminate fractions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7y-7 = 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sub for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5-7 = 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1<BR>\n" );
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