1/2 - x/30 = 3(x + 7)/90. 1 x 3(x + 7) --- - ---- = ---------- 2 30 90 2, 30 and 90 will all divide evenly into 90. So 90 is the LCD. Put 90 over 1 like this with a times sign beside it. 90 ----· 1 Now stick it before every one of those fraction terms: 90 1 90 x 90 3(x + 7) ----·--- - ----·---- = ----·---------- 1 2 1 30 1 90 Now you can cancel the 2 into the 90 on the left, getting 45. You can cancel the 30 into the 90, getting 3. You can cancel the 90's on the right. 45 3 190190x903(x + 7) ----·--- - ----·---- = ----·---------- 121301901 1 1 Now all the denominators are just 1 and therefore can be left understood, so we just have this:: 45 - 3x = 3(x + 7) Now you can finish that, right? Answer: x = 4 Edwin