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9 x + 7 2 ( x x 2 7 ) = 36 \dfrac{9x+7}2 - \left( x - \frac{x-2}7 \right) = 36 Solve for x x .


The answer is 9.

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1 solution

Yajat Shamji
Jul 10, 2020

9 x + 7 2 \frac{9x + 7}{2} [ x - [x - x 2 7 ] \frac{x - 2}{7}] = 36 = 36

9 x + 7 2 \frac{9x + 7}{2} x + - x + x 2 7 \frac{x - 2}{7} = 36 = 36

9 x + 7 2 \frac{9x + 7}{2} = = 63 x + 49 14 \frac{63x + 49}{14}

x = x = 14 x 14 \frac{14x}{14}

x 2 7 \frac{x - 2}{7} = = 2 x 4 14 \frac{2x - 4}{14}

63 x + 49 14 \frac{63x + 49}{14} - 14 x 14 \frac{14x}{14} + + 2 x 4 14 \frac{2x - 4}{14} = 36 = 36

63 14 + 2 = 51 63 - 14 + 2 = 51

49 4 = 45 49 - 4 = 45

51 x + 45 14 \frac{51x + 45}{14} = 36 = 36

51 x + 45 = 36 × 14 51x + 45 = 36 \times 14

51 x + 45 = 504 51x + 45 = 504

51 x = 504 45 51x = 504 - 45

51 x = 459 51x = 459

51 x 51 \frac{51x}{51} = = 459 51 \frac{459}{51}

x = x = 459 51 \frac{459}{51}

x = 9 x = \fbox{9}

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Do you have any doubts or questions?

shruthi srinivasan - 11 months ago

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Yes. Do you know the equation in the brackets - can you put that in LaTeX - I couldn't see it properly so I interpreted it in my own way.

Also, what do you think of my solution?

Yajat Shamji - 11 months ago

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@Yajat Shamji I am new to brilliant so I don't know how to put the brackets in LaTeX. How do I change the brackets? I think your solution is very detailed and people who have not done linear equations before should easily understand it.

shruthi srinivasan - 11 months ago

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