SOLUTION: solve: 20 over x = 20 over x-4 + 4 over x show work

SOLUTION: solve: 20 over x = 20 over x-4 + 4 over x show work

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Question 36565: solve:
20 over x = 20 over x-4 + 4 over x
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20/x = 20/(x-4) + 4/x
Multiply thru by x(x-4) to get:
20(x-4) = 20x +4(x-4)
20x-80 = 20x+4x-16
4x=-64
x=-16
Cheers,
Stan H.

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