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-7x = (-3/4)x - 5 solve for x
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-7x = (-3/4)x - 5 solve for x

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If you would like to solve -7x = (-3/4)x - 5 for x, you can do this using the following steps:

-7x = (-3/4)x - 5
5 = (-3/4)x + 7x /*4
20 = -3x + 28x
20 = 25x /25
x = 20/25
x = 4/5

The correct result would be 4/5.
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