SOLUTION: I'm having difficulty solving this quadratic equation. Please help me! 1/5x - 1/10x = 1 My answer came to x=1. I know its wrong. Please help me

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Question 1068508: I'm having difficulty solving this quadratic equation. Please help me!
1/5x - 1/10x = 1
My answer came to x=1. I know its wrong. Please help me
Found 2 solutions by rothauserc, MathTherapy:
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/5x - 1/10x = 1
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Note assume x not = 0
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multiply both sides of = by 10x
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2 - 1 = 10x
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10x = 1
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x = 1/10 = 0.1
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check answer
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(1 / (5 * 0.1)) - (1 / (10 * 0.1)) = 1
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10/5 - (1/1) = 1
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2 - 1 = 1
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1 = 1
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answer checks
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Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I'm having difficulty solving this quadratic equation. Please help me!
1/5x - 1/10x = 1
My answer came to x=1. I know its wrong. Please help me 
First off, you have to use PARENTHESES, so one can KNOW whether the x is part of the denominator, or numerator.

In other words, state whether it's:  

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