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PLEASE HELP!!!! i need this done tonight and i dont know how to do it


PLEASE HELP!!!! i need this done tonight and i dont know how to do it ​-example-1
User Jobelle
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Answer:

x=-2/3

Explanation:

So let's start off with adding 4x on both sides, we add them to cancel out the -4x on the right hand side.

4x+-9x=-5x

Now, as for the fractions all we really gotta do here is add and subtract them. Let's subtract 5/6 on both sides. once we do that we get:

2/3+7/2-5/6=-5x

A quick trick for adding and subtract fractions is to cross multiply.

2/3+7/2

Multiply 3 times 7 and 2 times 2, then we'll multiply 3 times 2 to get a denominator.

3*2=6 (our denominator)

3*7=21

21/6

2*2=4/6

21/6+4/6=

25/6

Awesome! Now we have two like denominators so we don't have to do any additional cross multiplying. So, we can subtract 25/6-5/6=20/6.

Now, all we're left with is:

20/6=-5x

We can multiply 6 on both sides to isolate the 20.

20=-30x

Divide -30 on both sides!

x=-2/3

Hope this helps!

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