SOLUTION: Can you help me solve this and tell me if this is an identity or a contradiction? I think it's a contradiction because the answer is a fraction.
x-2/5-X=8/5-X+2
I got 5x-10-
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Question 764281: Can you help me solve this and tell me if this is an identity or a contradiction? I think it's a contradiction because the answer is a fraction.
x-2/5-X=8/5-X+2
I got 5x-10-1x=40-1x+2 after getting rid of the fraction
then 5x=52
then x=52/5
Contradiction
Answer by Lola77479(27) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x-2/5-X=8/5-X+2
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If you mean then
multiply by 5
-2 = 8 - 5x + 10
-2 = 18 - 5x
-20 = -5x
x = 4
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