So, if k/9=3/9, then k=3, because it is a variable substituting 3. :D Hope I could help!
Answer:
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The original price of the television was $616.00
So to start off on answering we are going to s<span>ubtract 3/5 from both of the sides:
</span><span><span><span><span><span>−1/</span>2</span>u</span>+<span>3/5</span></span>−3/5</span>=<span><span>1/6</span>−<span>3/<span>5
</span></span></span><span><span><span>−1/</span>2</span>u</span>=<span><span>−13/</span><span>30
Okay, so now we are going to mu</span></span><span>ltiply both sides by 2/(-1):
</span><span><span>(<span>2/<span>−1</span></span>)</span>*<span>(<span><span><span>−1/</span>2</span>u</span>)</span></span>=<span><span>(<span>2/<span>−1</span></span>)</span>*<span>(<span><span>−13/</span>30</span><span>)
</span></span></span>The final answer shall be:
u=<span>13/<span>15
I hope this helps! </span></span>