Which number can each term of the equation be multiplied by to eliminate the fractions before solving-3/4m-1/2=2+1/4m

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Sinan Ceylan · Answer 1 · 2020-09-04T11:26:53+0000

The answer is: 4

The smallest whole number we can use to multiply each term in order to eliminate the fractions is 4:

Multiplying each side of the equation by 4, we have:

$((-3m)/(4)-(1)/(2))*4=(2+(1)/(4))*4\\\\(-12m)/(4) - (4)/(2) = 8+(4m)/(4)\\-3m-2=8+m\\-8-2=m+3m\\4m=-10\\m=(-10)/(4)=(-5)/(2)\\\\m=(-5)/(2)$

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