08-05-2007, 08:46 PM
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Squire
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 46
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Originally Posted by mstcrow5429
If I'm finding X, and I have -1/2x + 3 = 1, I multiply each side by 2/1. However, if I have 1/2x + 3 = 1, I multiply each side by 2/1, not -2/1, correct? I think I'm missing a basic connection here. Thanks.
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1/2x + 3 = 1
2/1(1/2x + 3 = 1 )
X + 6 = 2
X = -4
-1/2x + 3 = 1
2/1(-1/2x + 3 = 1 )
-X + 6 = 2
-X = -4
X = 4 |