SOLUTION: Solve this equation for x with working: (x+3)/(x+5)=(x+1)/(x+2)

Question 682817: Solve this equation for x with working:
(x+3)/(x+5)=(x+1)/(x+2)
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You can cross multiply when you have a fraction equal to another, however multiplying both sides by the LCD works every time for rational equations.
The LCD is (x+5)(x+2)

The denominators cancel:

Foil and solve:

*Note* Always check and make sure that your answer does not make any denominator 0...that makes fractions undefined. If you had gotten -5 or -2, then there would be no solution.
Happy Calculating.
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