Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #15801: Solving for a variable - Answer wrong, by non-simplification?
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-03-09 05:23:15+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, other, win7

Reporter: twgauctions@yahoo.com

SOLVING FOR A VARIABLE SECTION

-6f-5 / 8f-5g-9 = Why was my answer wrong?

Simplified, multiply by -1 to get: 6f+5 / -8f+5g+9 = correct.

Aren't they the same thing?

James

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