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I have the equation figured out, but I need help with how to solve it. Thank you

I have the equation figured out, but I need help with how to solve it. Thank you-example-1
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In order to solve the equation, we can do the following steps:


\begin{gathered} -4x+4=-7x \\ \\ 1.\text{ Add 4x to both sides:} \\ -4x+4+4x=-7x+4x \\ 4=-3x \\ \\ 2.\text{ Divide both sides by -3} \\ (4)/(-3)=(-3x)/(-3) \\ -(4)/(3)=x \end{gathered}

Therefore the value of x is -4/3.

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