SOLUTION: i'm stumped i tried to by making the tops the same but that didn't go anywhere so i made the bottoms the same and that still didn't get me anywhere. {{{ (x+1)/2x = (x-1)/(2x-1) }}

Question 189474: i'm stumped i tried to by making the tops the same but that didn't go anywhere so i made the bottoms the same and that still didn't get me anywhere.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation

Cross multiply

Distribute

FOIL

Get everything to the left side

Combine like terms.

Add 1 to both sides

Divide both sides by 3 to isolate "x"

So the solution is which in decimal form is

which approximates to

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