SOLUTION: Solve for x: x/8-x/12=1/8 Please help. Thank you.

Question 374775: Solve for x: x/8-x/12=1/8 Please help. Thank you.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, mananth:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Multiply EVERY term by the LCD to clear out all of the fractions.

Multiply and simplify.

Combine like terms on the left side.

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Answer:

So the solution is

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Jim

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

LCD = 24

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multiply by 24

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x=3
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca
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