SOLUTION: solve for x: (6-x)/3 + x/-5 = -7

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Question 50736: solve for x:
(6-x)/3 + x/-5 = -7
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) About Me  (Show Source):
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(6-x)/3 + x/-5 = -7
(-105)(6-x)/3 + (-105)x/-5 = (-105)(-7) [Multiply by a common factor = -105]
-35(6-x)+21x=735 [Cancel wherever possible]
-210+35x+21x=735
-210+56x=735
-210+210+56x=735+210
56x=945
x=16.875
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Check by plugging x=16.875 back into the original equation.