I'm giving the equation Solve for x: Note that 3/4 and x are rigth next to each other like this 3/4x I had some trouble with the latex this time...
x = __________________ Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. Use the "/" symbol for the fraction bar.
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Solve for x:
(3 x)/4 + 5/8 = 4 x
Put each term in (3 x)/4 + 5/8 over the common denominator 8: (3 x)/4 + 5/8 = (6 x)/8 + 5/8:
(6 x)/8 + 5/8 = 4 x
(6 x)/8 + 5/8 = (6 x + 5)/8:
(6 x + 5)/8 = 4 x
Multiply both sides by 8: or: cross multiply
6 x + 5 = 32 x
6x - 32x = -5
- 26x = - 5 multiply both sides by -1
x =5 / 26
It appears there are four "zero-width space" characters in your LaTeX code. Two of them are between the 3/4 and the x which is why it doesn't look normal. I found that out by pasting your code into this website: https://www.soscisurvey.de/tools/view-chars.php
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As for your actual question, this is pretty much the method guest used:
And so we can rewrite it like this...
To get a common denominator, we can multiply by which won't change its value.
And ←That's how it went from 3x to 6x
Now that the fractions have a common denominator we can combine them.
Multiply both sides of the equation by 8
Subtract 6x from both sides.
Divide both sides by 26
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Also, we could multiply both sides of the equation by 8 to begin with, like this:
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