SOLUTION: solve for x: 10 + 2 --- ---- =4 x+2 x+2

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Question 606895: solve for x: 10 + 2
--- ---- =4
x+2 x+2
Answer by Nihal@SriLanka(21) About Me  (Show Source):
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10/x+2 + 2/x+2 = 4
multiplying both sides by x+2 we have
10 + 2 = 4(x+2)
i.e. 12= 4x + 8
i.e. 4 = 4x
i.e. x = 1