SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: 1/2+4m=3m-5/2

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Question 54152This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: Please help me solve this equation: 1/2+4m=3m-5/2 This question is from textbook Algebra 1

Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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Normally, I would have you clear your fractions, but yours already have a common denominator of 2 and are easy to deal with. First get all your variables to the left and then the numbers to the right within the rules of algebra. Whatever you add,subtract, multiply,or divide on one side of the = sign, you must also add,subtract, multiply, or divide on the otherside of the = sign.
1%2F2%2B4m=3m-5%2F2
1%2F2%2B4m-3m=-3m%2B3m-5%2F2
1%2F2%2Bm=-5%2F2
-1%2F2%2B1%2F2%2Bm=-1%2F2-5%2F2
m=%28-1-5%29%2F2
m=-6%2F2
highlight%28m=-3%29