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  • 21-10-2012 2:29pm
    #1
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭


    Should be easy to most but has me stumped!

    2x = -3/2

    What is "x"'s value? And how do you get it?

    I'm looking at notes and it states the answer as:

    x = -3/4

    Is this a typo and if not, how did the the 2 on the left manipulate the fraction on the right?

    Thanks a lot!


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The answer is right.
    if 2x = -3/2
    then to get x, you will have to divide both sides by 2.
    so -3/4 divided by 2 = -3/4


    to divide by a fraction just turn it upside down and multiply:

    -3/2 divided by 2/1 = -3/2 multiplied by 1/2


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