SOLUTION: Solve. x/3 – 4 = 1 I have no idea how this even works can some one help. the x/3 is a fraction.

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Question 104987: Solve. x/3 – 4 = 1
I have no idea how this even works can some one help. the x/3 is a fraction.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solve. x/3 – 4 = 1
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x%2F3 - 4 = 1
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The first thing you want to do, is get rid of that annoying fraction.
Multiply equation by 3 to do that (you mult each term by 3):
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3*x%2F3 - 3(4) = 3(1)
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Cancel out the denominator and you have
x - 12 = 3
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x = 3 + 12; added 12 to both sides
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x = 15
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Confirm our solution by substituting 15 for x in the original equation:
15%2F3 - 4 = 1
5 - 4 = 1
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