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| Question 167338:  5x/4+1/2=x-1/2
 Answer by aswathytony(47)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5/4 x + 1/2 = x -1/2
 combining like terms by subtracting 'x' from both sides
 5/4x - x + 1/2 = -1/2
 x ( 5/4 -1) +1/2 = -1/2
 1/4x  +1/2 = -1/2           (taking LCM and simplifying we get 1/4)
 Isolating 'x' by subtracting 1/2 on both sides
 
 1/4 x  = -1/2 -1/2
 1/4x = -2/2 = -1
 
 1 x  =  -1 * 4 = -4
 x = -4 .
 
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