SOLUTION: If {{{5/x=(5+a)/(x+a)}}} what is the value of x?

SOLUTION: If {{{5/x=(5+a)/(x+a)}}} what is the value of x?

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Question 224436: If what is the value of x?
Answer by LtAurora(115) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can solve this by cross-multiplying to give:

Then distribute:

Move all the terms to one side:

The terms cancel to give:
.
To get by istelf, divide both sides by .

Here we see that the terms cancel out to yield:
.
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