What is 7x/x = 7

Inactive Tutor answered • 01/21/13

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This statement is an identity, because the fraction x/x = 1.

The only value of x that is not acceptable is any value that causes the denominator to equal 0.

x ‡ 0

The answer to the equation is {x/x ‡ 0}.

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