SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? here is the one that I couldn't solve on my Intermediate Algebra test: 4/5-x/20=2(x+8)/40 Thanks in advance by the way.

SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? here is the one that I couldn't solve on my Intermediate Algebra test: 4/5-x/20=2(x+8)/40 Thanks in advance by the way.

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Question 1139940: Can someone help me solve this problem? here is the one that I couldn't solve on my Intermediate Algebra test:

4/5-x/20=2(x+8)/40

Thanks in advance by the way.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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4/5-x/20=2(x+8)/40
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LCD is 40. Multiply left and right sides by 40. Simplify that. You will have a linear equation in one single variable.
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