SOLUTION: how do you solve 2-1/3a=3+1/4a

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Question 534878: how do you solve 2-1/3a=3+1/4a
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-1/3a-1/4a=3-2
-4/12a-3/12a=1
-7/12a=1
a=1/(-7/12)
a=1*-12/7
a=-12/7
a=-1 5/7