SOLUTION: Solve and check for X: x x --- - --- = 1 6 8 Thank you for your help :-)

Question 66288: Solve and check for X:
x x
--- - --- = 1
6 8
Thank you for your help :-)
Answer by pwac(253) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
=1. You need the lowest number that both 6 and 8 "will go into"
This is 24, so is the same as and is
Rewrite your equation
=1 which can be simplified to:
=1. Multiply both sides by 24 to give
4x-3x=24
x=24
Plug this into original equation to check
=1
4-3=1
correct!
Pete
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