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How Do You Solve an Equation With Fractions With The Same Denominators Using Subtraction?

Solve the following problem: (3/11)+x=(5/11)

Summary

  1. x is a variable

Notes

    1. We want to get x by itself on one side of the equals sign
    1. Since the fractions have the same denominator, we can just subtract the numerators
    1. We can replace x in the original equation with the answer we got to see if we did the problem right