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7/4x - 5/6 = 5/8(x-2/3)
whats the value of x?

(The answer is in a fraction or mixed fraction form)

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will medal and fan!

7/4x - 5/6 =  5/8(x-2/3)
whats the value of x?

(The answer is in a fraction or mixed fraction form)

mathmale · Answer

In your 7/4x - 5/6 =  5/8(x-2/3), 5/6 and 2/3 are clearly stand-alone fractions.  But your 7/4x needs clarification:  do you mean 7x/4 or do you mean 7/(4x)?

halpppmehhhh · Answer

I meant exactly what i put. 7/4 is a fraction but on my paper it shows the x right next to the fraction. I don't understand this.

mathmale · Answer

Again I am pointing out that there's ambiguity here.  If 7/4 is a fraction, and is also the coefficient of x, please write this term as (7/4)x or as 7x/4.

halpppmehhhh · Answer

Ohh okay

mathmale · Answer

Let's transform your 7/4x - 5/6 =  5/8(x-2/3)  into    (7/4)x - 5/6 =  5/8(x-2/3).
It'd be so much easier to do this problem if we could get rid of all the fractions.  If you look carefully you'll see that the fractions 7/4, 5/6 and (5/8)(2/3) all have the common denominator 24.  If you have some other way of removing the fractions, by all means go ahead with it.