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Solve the following proportion: x+3/2 equal to 7/8

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Answer:

x = -0.625

Explanation:

x+3/2 = 7/8

x + 1.50 = 0.875

x = -0.625

User Pieter Goosen
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Explanation:

x+ 3/2 = 7/8

3/2 is equivalent to the fraction 12/8

Since the two fractions have common denominators, you can do.

x= 7/8 - 12/8

x=(-5/8)

Hope this helps!!!

User Cole Bittel
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