document.write( "Question 95640: 3/7x +2 =4/7x-5
\n" ); document.write( "I have tried this over and over again - i keep coming up with -49, but the answer should be 7. I cannot figure it out.
\n" ); document.write( "I learned that you should multiply everything by the LCD to make everything a whole number first.\r
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3/7x +2 =4/7x-5
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\n" ); document.write( "Since you have posted no parentheses the problem
\n" ); document.write( "can be worked in at least 3 ways.
\n" ); document.write( "Do you mean?
\n" ); document.write( "(3/7)x + 2 = (4/7)x-5
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\n" ); document.write( "3/(7x+2) = 4/(7x-5)
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