SOLUTION: solve a - 1/3 = -2/5

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Question 140912: solve
a - 1/3 = -2/5
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a-1/3=-2/5
a=-2/5+1/3
a=(-2*3+5*1)/15
a=(-6+5)/15
a=-1/15 answer.