SOLUTION: Could you show me step by step how to work this promblem. -3/4x+4=-2

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Question 941174: Could you show me step by step how to work this promblem. -3/4x+4=-2
Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, MathTherapy:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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-3%2F4x + 4 =-2
subtract 4 from both sides
-3%2F4x = -2 -4
-3%2F4x = -6
get rid of those negatives, multiply both sides by -1
3%2F4x = 6
get rid of the fraction, multiply both sides by 4
4*3%2F4x = 4*6
cancel on the left
3x = 24
divide both sides by 3
x = 24/3
x = 8
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Confirm this in the original problem, replace x with 8
-3%2F4(8) + 4 =-2
three quarters of 8 is 6
-6 + 4 = -2
-2 = -2, confirms our solution

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Could you show me step by step how to work this promblem. -3/4x+4=-2


%28-+3%2F4%29x+%2B+4+=+-+2

%28-+3%2F4%29x+=+-+2+-+4 ------- Subtracting 4, IN THIS CASE

%28-+3x%29%2F4+=+-+6

- 3x = - 24 ------ Cross-multiplying

x+=+%28-+24%29%2F%28-+3%29, or highlight_green%288%29

You can do the check!!