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How do you solve $(x-1)/-4=2/3$ ?

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Apr 15, 2018

$x=-5/3$

Explanation:

We have:

$\frac{x-1}{-4}=2/3$

Then:

$-8=3(x-1)\implies x-1=-8/3$

$x=-8/3+1=-5/3$

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