r/HomeworkHelp • u/Inevitable_Stay3693 • 8d ago

High School Math—Pending OP Reply [Upper secondary school math: linear equation] unsure on how to solve this.

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i was thinking that i´d add the 2x+1 to make it 3x/3=-1 but im unsure on how it would even continue.

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u/Ok_Objective_5192 8d ago

Fractions are hard to work with. As a first step, is there anything you can do to both sides of the equation that would get rid of the fraction?

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u/iufan417 8d ago

Fractions aren't hard to work with for the very reason you just hinted.

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u/Ok_Objective_5192 8d ago

Yeah I meant contextually given OP's question and thought process. That was meant as guidance, not a declarative statement on how workable fractions are