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Please solve this, with steps shown.

X+4/7=5/7
Thanks in advance.( those are fractions not division.)

User Xbug
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X+4/7 = 5/7 // - 5/7

X+4/7-(5/7) = 0

X+4/7-5/7 = 0

X-1/7 = 0 // + 1/7

X = 1/7

X = 1/7
User Happy Patel
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x + 4/7 = 5/7

What we're basically doing is getting x by itself, so we have to subtract 4/7 from both sides.

x = 5/7 - 4/7

Simplify.

x = 1/7

~Hope I helped!~
User Ringo Blancke
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