SOLUTION: (3^b)/(5)-(1)/(5)=(b)/(5) I need help solving the rational equation. could you do a step by step please??

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Question 295568: (3^b)/(5)-(1)/(5)=(b)/(5) I need help solving the rational equation. could you do a step by step please??
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You must have meant  not 

because there is no solution to 



and similar equations cannot be solved except 
by iterative methods, not by the mothods of 
ordinary algebra. 

So please learn that  means , not 

I will assume you meant:



Enclose every term in parentheses:



The LCD is , so write it as 
and multiply every term by that

  

Now cancel away the 5 denominators:





Add 1 to both sides



Add -b to both sides:



Divide both sides by 







Edwin

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