SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation: 3x+2/7-4x/7

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Question 940456: please help me solve this equation: 3x+2/7-4x/7
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

it's not quite clear what you have here:
if you have 3x%2B2%2F7-4x%2F7 then
7%2A3x%2B%282%2A7%29%2F7-7%284x%29%2F7
21x%2B2-4x
17x%2B2
but, if you have %283x%2B2%29%2F7-4x%2F7 then
%283x%2B2-4x%29%2F7
%282-x%29%2F7