A warehouse placed 7 equal weight boxes on a scale. Total they weighed 4 pounds. Each box weighed ____ of a pound.
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Answer:
x=-36
Step-by-step explanation:
Add the 7/2x +1/2x to be 8/2x which means that it'll be 4x=18=9/2
then subtract 9/2x on both sides so itll be
-9/2x -9/2x
because if you do 8/2-9/2 it's -1/2
then multiply the reciprocal to both sides so
which then cancels out -1/2 and makes it
x=-36