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X/3 = x/2 - 2 solve for x?

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If you would like to solve the equation x/3 = x/2 - 2 for x, you can do this using the following steps:

x/3 = x/2 - 2 /*6
2x = 3x - 2 * 6
2x = 3x - 12
2x - 3x = -12
-x = -12
x = 12

The correct result would be x = 12.
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