SOLUTION: {{{-5/3x - 5/9= 305/126}}}

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Question 352025: -5%2F3x++-++5%2F9=++305%2F126
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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-5%2F3x+-+5%2F9=305%2F126
-5%2F3x+=+305%2F126%2B5%2F9 after transposition
-5%2F3x+=+305%2F126%2B70%2F126 because 5%2F9=70%2F126
-5%2F3x+=+375%2F126
1%2Fx+=+375%2F126%2A-3%2F5 by cross-multiplication
1%2Fx+=+-25%2F14 after reducing to lowest terms
x+=+-14%2F25