SOLUTION: My son is working on this problem and I am having a mental block : The problem is : 3/5 -x/3 = -11/15 what is the value of x. I know this is relatively easy but I can't
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Question 254501: My son is working on this problem and I am having a mental block : The problem is : 3/5 -x/3 = -11/15 what is the value of x. I know this is relatively easy but I can't get my mind around it today. Thanks. our email is: k-jmyers@juno.com Joan Myers Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The problem is
step 1 - find the common denominator and multiply everything by that. The common denominator is 15.
We get
which gives us
step 2 - subtract 9 from both sides to get
step 3 - divide by -5 to get
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