SOLUTION: X2/2×-6=9/6×-18 solve for x

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Question 1185270: X2/2×-6=9/6×-18 solve for x
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X2/2×-6=9/6×-18 solve for x

(1) Don't mix "X" and "x" in the same problem to denote the same number. It is perfectly legal (and often convenient) to use both lower- and upper-case letters to represent different quantities.

(2) It is also possible you intended your lower-case "x" to be a multiplication symbol (as the other tutor interpreted it). That is an extremely bad practice, since it is easily confused with the variable x.

(3) It is standard to use "^^" (shift-6) to represent exponentiation: "x^2" instead of just "x2"

(4) Use of parentheses is often critical. The equation as you show it is

x^2/2x-6=9/6x-18 =

I suspect the intended equation is

x^2/(2x-6)=9/(6x-18) =

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So, having gotten past the very poor presentation of your equation, I suspect this is what we are supposed to solve:



Divide numerator and denominator on the right by 3



(noting the restriction that x can't be 3 because it would make the denominators 0)
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