Hello! The first thing you want to do is add 4 to both sides, which gives you: 7over9x - 4 + 4 = 24 + 4. Then Simplify: 7over9x = 28. Then you just multiply both sides by the number 9! 9 times 7over9 = 28 times 9. Simplfy again! 7xover7 = 252over7. Simply that fraction, and you get x=36.
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