SOLUTION: -4/x - 1 = -7

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Question 676709: -4/x - 1 = -7
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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IF you mean
(-4/x) - 1 = -7
THEN:
-4/X=-7+1
-4/X=-6 CROSS MULTIPLY.
-6X=-4
X=-4/-6
X=2/3 ANS.
But, IF you mean
-4/(X-1)=-7
THEN:
-7(X-1)=-4
-7X+7=-4
-7X=-4-7
-7X=-11
X=-11/-7
X=11/7 ANS.