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All right, here we have just a simple statement.
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It's not really a question.
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So instead, i'm going to create a question, right, that for us to work through.
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Suppose that i had to solve, suppose that i had to solve for a variable, solve for, let's say, x.
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X.
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And suppose that i had something like 2 fifths x minus 3 is equal to 7.
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Well, the first thing that i would do is i would use the additive inverse of negative 3 to get that on the other side of the equation.
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So i would add 3 to both sides.
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Now, when i see that, i can see that the negative 3 and the plus 3, those are going to cancel out.
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Those are going to equal 0.
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So on the left side of the the equation, i'll be left with 2 fifths x.
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And then on the right side, i'll have 7 plus 3, which is 10.
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And now the next thing i would do is i would take this, since this is being multiplied to x, i would multiply both sides by the reciprocal, which is the multiplicative inverse, which is just fun to say, multiplicative inverse.
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And that's going to be 5 halves.
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So i'm going to do that on both sides, 5 halves...