Question

Solve for x. Express the answer in simplest form.

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Answer 1

Well there are gonna be several ways to go about this. I honestly can't remember the "proper way" to go about this, but if you want I can explain how I got to the answer.

Answer 2

sure

Answer 3

Well the first thing I did was make the numerators equal. Which I did by \[\frac{ 3 }{ 3 }*\frac{ 1 }{ 7 }\] Now that I had the numerators equal this is what the equation looked like.\[\frac{ 3 }{ 21 }=\frac{ 3 }{ 4x-1 }\] At this point, I set aside the numerators and focused on the denominators and wrote it out as\[21=4x-1\] Then I just solved for x

Answer 4

But its a fraction

Answer 5

Yes, but we have them under the same numerator.

Answer 6

it's kinda hard to explain, but my method does work. I checked my answer and everything =(

Answer 7

So 31/21

Answer 8

is that your answer for x?

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

\[21=4x-1\]\[22=4x\]\[\frac{ 22 }{ 4 }=x\]Simplfy and rearrange to get \[x=\frac{ 11 }{ 2 }\]

Answer 11

Ugh i forgot about simplifying

Answer 12

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Answer 13

No problem, hope my method was understandable enough :)

Answer 14

Its was