SOLUTION: Use the ideas of additive and multiplicative inverses of rational numbers to solve the following equation: 1/3x-7=25

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Question 376123: Use the ideas of additive and multiplicative inverses of rational numbers to solve the following equation:
1/3x-7=25
Found 2 solutions by rfer, mananth:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/3x-7=25
1/3x=32
x=32/(1/3)
x=32*3/1
x=96

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/3x-7=25
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add 7
1/3 *x -7+7=25+7
1/3*x=32
multiply by 3
3*x/3 =32*3
x=96
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