As it is, in accordance with the priorities of the operators (or the PEMDAS rule) the equation without parentheses mean
<span>(2/3)x+1=(1/6)x-7
I do not suppose you mean the above, since the solution is relatively trivial.
I suppose you actually mean
</span><span>2/(3x+1)=1/(6x-7)
in which case you would cross-multiply:
2(6x-7)=(3x-1)
and expand/distribute
12x-14=3x-1
isolate x and solve
12x-3x=-1+14
9x=13
x=13/9
If you mean the first form of equation without parentheses, my apologies.</span>
The equation that models the difference in the projected enrollments for
public schools and private schools as a function of the number of years
since 1985 is B - R = (-18.53t^2 + 975.8t + 48140) - (80.8t + 8049) = -18.53t^2 + 975.8t + 48140 - 80.8t - 8049 = -18.53t^2 + 895t + 40091
It’s 9. 3x9 is 27. Nothing else times anything equals 27, excluding decimals.