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The product of two rational numbers is -2. If one of them is 47\dfrac{4}{7}, find the other.

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Let the number be xx.

47×x=247×x=21x=21÷47x=21×74x=2×71×4x=144x=72x=312\dfrac{4}{7} \times x = -2\\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{4}{7} \times x = -\dfrac{2}{1}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x = -\dfrac{2}{1} ÷ \dfrac{4}{7}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x = -\dfrac{2}{1} \times \dfrac{7}{4}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x = -\dfrac{2 \times 7}{1 \times 4}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x = -\dfrac{14}{4}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x = -\dfrac{7}{2}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x = -3\dfrac{1}{2}

The other number is 312-3\dfrac{1}{2}.

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