SOLUTION: n-n/3=1/2 Solve for n this is not from a textbook. This from a handout from the teacher.

Question 131732: n-n/3=1/2 Solve for n
this is not from a textbook. This from a handout from the teacher.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
is equivalent to:

.

You need a lowest common denominator for the three fractions, and between denominators of 1, 2, and 3, all of which are either 1 or prime, the LCD is the product of the three, , so:

, which is equivalent to your original equation because I multiplied each of the terms by 1.

Now multiply by 6:

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