SOLUTION: what should be subtracted from twice the rational number -3/11 to get -5/22?

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Question 1020677: what should be subtracted from twice the rational number -3/11 to get -5/22?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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We can write this as
2(-3/11) - x = -5/22
and figure it as
-6/11 - x = -5/22
Let us multiply by -22 and get
12 + 22x = 5
22x = -7
x = -7/22