SOLUTION: What are the two x values?
x+3/12=6/x-3
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Question 275637: What are the two x values?
x+3/12=6/x-3
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Presuming that you meant to write (x+3)/12=6/(x-3), which would mean 
, as opposed to what you wrote which means 
, proceed as follows:
Cross-multiply:
\left(x\ -\ 3\right)\ =\ 72)
Simplify:
Finally, use the difference of two squares factorization to factor and solve the quadratic.
John
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