SOLUTION: solve for x: 1/x +1/x+3=1/2

Question 319723: solve for x: 1/x +1/x+3=1/2
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 the fractions.

Distribute.

Combine like terms.

Get everything to one side.

Combine like terms.

Factor.

or Use the zero product property.

or Solve for 'x' in each equation.

So the solutions are or
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