SOLUTION: Please help to solve : 3x - 2 / 7 - x/4 - x - 3/2 = 1

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Question 69317This question is from textbook An Incremental Development
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3x - 2 / 7 - x/4 - x - 3/2 = 1 This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

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3x-2/7-x/4-x-3/2=1 now combine all the x terms and the numeric terms thus:
3x-x/4-x=1+2/7+3/2
2x-x/4=(14+4+21)/14
7x/4=39/14 now cross multiply & we get
7x*14=39*4
98x=156
x=156/98
x=78/49