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Multiply both sides of the simplified equation you wrote in problem 2 by a fraction to get x alone on the left side of the equation. Simplify

Multiply both sides of the simplified equation you wrote in problem 2 by a fraction-example-1
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what i did was take 1 and divide it by 3 1/2 to get .2857142857142857 and i converted it into a fraction, which is 2/7, the fraction needed to multiply each side by. x = 80
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