SOLUTION: Solve for x x/3 = 12/x +5

Question 864850: Solve for x
x/3 = 12/x +5
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the equation is , then...

or

or

If the equation is , then the two solutions are or
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If the equation is , then...

Then you'd use the quadratic formula to solve for x. Since these solutions are much more complicated (and involve radicals), I have a feeling the equation is originally
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