Thanks guys.....another slightly different approach
We can subtract the second term from the right side from both sides and we get
(1) / (x + 5) =(x -4) /(2x)
Cross-multiply
2x = (x + 5) ( x - 4)
2x = x^2 + x -20
x^2 -x - 20 = 0
Factor
(x -5) (x + 4) = 0
Set each factor to 0 and solve for x and we get that x= 5 or x = -4