SOLUTION: please help me with this hard algebra problem {{{-7/10= (3n-2)/(2n+6)}}} Pretty please help me find the value on "n"

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Question 522284: please help me with this hard algebra problem -7%2F10=+%283n-2%29%2F%282n%2B6%29 Pretty please help me find the value on "n"
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Multiply both sides by 10(2n+6)to get:
-7(2n+6)= 10(3n-2)
Expand this out to:
-14n-42=30n-20
Simplify to:
44n=-22
Divide by 44 to get:
n=-22/44 or -1/2
Plug in the answer back into the original equation and it will work out.
Make sense?
RJ
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