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The following equation was solved incorrectly by a student. giving points

The following equation was solved incorrectly by a student. giving points-example-1

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Answer: x = -2/3

The correct way...

What my teacher taught me to do was multiply by the reciprocal to cancel it out, which in this case would be -4/3. Essentially, it is the same as multiplying everything by 4 to get rid of it, so it would be -3x = 2, then you would have to divide both sides by -3 and x=-2/3.

Explanation:

Ok so they basically added the 3/4 instead of multiplying both sides by the -3/4.

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