SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation. -3/4+1/2x=2/3

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Question 946682: please help me solve this equation. -3/4+1/2x=2/3
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume the problem is:
-3%2F4 + 1%2F2x = 2%2F3
we can get rid of all those annoying fraction by multiplying by 12
12*-3%2F4 + 12*1%2F2x = 12*2%2F3
Cancel the denominators and we have
3(-3) + 6x = 4(2)
-9 + 6x = 8
6x = 8 + 9
6x = 17
x = 17%2F6
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You can check this with substitution
-3%2F4 + 1%2F2*17%2F6 = 2%2F3