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X-1/5 = 4x+2/35 what's x?

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x - 1/5 = 4x + 2/35
-x -x
-1/5 = 3x + 2/35
-2/35 -2/35
-2/5 = 3x
3 3
-1/15 = x
User Bartek Andrzejczak
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x- (1)/(5)= 4x+(2)/(35) \\\\x-4x = (2)/(35)+ (1)/(5)\\\\-3x = (2)/(35)+ (7)/(35)\\\\-3x = (9)/(35)\ \ /*(-(1)/(3))\\\\x=-(3)/(35)
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