SOLUTION: Can someone please help me with this problem? 1 1/5 + 8 3/14 x = 1 1/30

Question 540377: Can someone please help me with this problem?
1 1/5 + 8 3/14 x = 1 1/30
Found 2 solutions by mananth, KMST:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Convert all the terms to mixed fractions

On the right side LCD= 30

6*115x= -14
x=-14/115*6
x=-0.02
in fraction
x=-7/345

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Mixed numbers are usually bad news in algebra. We like to transform them into improper fractions right away. An then we don't like fraction very much, so we tend to multiply everything by a common multiple of the denominators to eliminate those pesky denominators.
In this case, maybe we could use those mixed numbers for a little while. I'll write the equation as

Then I'll subtract 1+1/5 from both sides
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And calculating on the right hand side
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It turn out to simplify nicely. Now we have to convert mixed number
into an improper fraction.

So our equation is
and dividing both sides by 115/14 we get
and calculating the right hand side
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