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A student wrote 1x/7-1y/7 for "one-seventh times x subtracted from one-seventh of y". Why is the answer incorrect?
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A student wrote 1x/7-1y/7 for "one-seventh times x subtracted from one-seventh of y". Why is the answer incorrect?

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The answer is incorrect because the student wrote 1x over 7 when it should be 1 over 7 times x. Also the student wrote 1y over 7 when it should be 1 over 7 times y.
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