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Hi I really need help with this question I do not know if the one that I have chose is correct or not

Hi I really need help with this question I do not know if the one that I have chose-example-1
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Given


1-4x=(2)/(3)(-2+x)

Solve for x as shown below


\begin{gathered} 1-4x=(2)/(3)\cdot-2+(2)/(3)\cdot x \\ \Rightarrow1-4x=-(4)/(3)+(2x)/(3) \end{gathered}

Therefore, the mistake is in step 1. He did not multiply x by 2/3

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