SOLUTION: x/2+x/5=5/4 I know the least common denominator is 20. Can work half of the problem but at the end I got stuck with a fraction now i am lost.

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Question 399947: x/2+x/5=5/4 I know the least common denominator is 20. Can work half of the problem but at the end I got stuck with a fraction now i am lost.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi,
|multiplying each term by 20

10x + 4x = 25
14x = 25
x = 25/14
CHECKING our Answer***
= 25/28 + 5/14 = 25/28 + 10/28 = 35/28 = 5/4
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