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Solve: -1/2x +3 = -x + 7

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-1/2x +3 = -x + 7
x - 1/2x = 4
2x - x = 8
x = 8
User Amini
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minus 3 both sides
-1/2x=-x+4
we hates fractions
times -2 both sides
x=2x-8
minus 2x both sides
-x=-8
times -1
x=8
User Carsten Zeitz
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