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Pls solve this math question

Pls solve this math question-example-1
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Answer:

so let's call the unknown number x.

-5/4 x X = 7/2

by changing the subject, X = 7/2 / -5/4

to divide fractions, we turn the fraction we're dividing by upside down and change the sign to multiplication. so X = 7/2 x 4/-5

after multiplying, X =>28/-10

simplified, X = 14/-5

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