SOLUTION: x+3/x-1 = x+2/x-3

Question 201399: x+3/x-1 = x+2/x-3

Answer by algebrapro18(249) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a proportion and to solve proportions you just cross multiply. Doing so we get:

x+3/x-1 = x+2/x-3
(x+3)(x-3) = (x-1)(x+2)

Now we F.O.I.L. these out and solve.

(x+3)(x-3) = (x-1)(x+2)
x^2 - 9 = x^2 + x - 2
0 = x^2 - x^2 + x -2 + 9
0 = x + 7
x = -7

Plugging in we see that this is the solution.
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